Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens is an assistant professor at Queens College, CUNY. Her book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the American Origins of Gynecology will be released in November 2017 by University of Georgia Press.
More Than a Statue: Rethinking J. Marion Sims’ Legacy Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens The South Carolina doctor often called the "father of U.S. gynecology" is usually depicted as either a monstrous butcher or a benevolent healer. It's not that simple.
