Gallery Talk - Hysteria: Women's Health in the 1800s

Andrea Hutslar, Ruthmere's Outreach Curator, will present a Gallery Talk titled, "Hysteria: Women's Health in the 1800s," on Friday, September 5th at 11 am at Ruthmere.

Hysteria: a Latin term that literally means, "of the womb."

For thousands of years, women's bodies and minds were set aside by male physicians as unsolvable mysteries, their ailments blamed on the perplexing womb. Hysteria - a blanket term that once covered nearly every affliction known to woman - was a culmination of attempts to understand women's health. Andrea will discuss how women's physical and mental health was perceived, researched, and cared for in the 19th century through the lens of hysteria.

REGISTER HERE: https://ruthmere.org/event-6088312

Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection, a person or event in local history, or a topic from the Victorian/Edwardian eras. Can't attend? All of Ruthmere's Gallery Talks are recorded and uploaded onto our YouTube page (youtube.com/ruthmeremuseum) within a few weeks after the event. Visit Ruthmere.org/Gallery-Talks to learn more.

Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public thanks to our sponsors. This Gallery Talk is sponsored by Ann Wroblewski. Thank you!

You may also like the following events from Ruthmere Museum:

• Next Tuesday, 2nd September, 02:00 pm, Tuesday Teas @ 2 in Elkhart
• Next Sunday, 7th September, 01:00 pm, Free Family Sunday - The Havilah Beardsley House in Elkhart
• Next month, 11th September, 10:00 am, Patriot Day Observed - FREE Admission for Veterans! in Elkhart

Also check out other Health & Wellness events in Elkhart.