Emily Abel Explained

Emily K. Abel is a public health and medical historian, author and professor emerita at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health^[1] where she was a Professor of Health Services and Women’s Studies.^[2]

Abel earned a B. A. from Swarthmore College, M.A. in history from Columbia University, her Ph.D. in history from the University of London, and her M.P.H. from the UCLA School of Public Health.^{[3] [4]}

Publications

• Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850-1940 (Harvard University Press, 2000), named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 2000
• Suffering in the Land of Sunshine: A Los Angeles Illness Narrative (Rutgers University Press, 2006)
• Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion: A History of Public Health and Migration to Los Angeles (Rutgers University Press, 2007), won the Viseltear Prize of the Medical Section of the American Public Health Association for an outstanding book in the history of public health
• After the Cure: Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors (NYU Press, 2008), co-written with Saskia Subramanian.
• Sick and Tired: An Intimate History of Fatigue (University of North Carolina Press, 2021)^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Emily Abel . Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health . UCLA . 23 May 2020.
2. Web site: Emily K. Abel . Harvard University Press . 23 May 2020.
3. Web site: Alumni with History Ph.D.s . Swarthmore . 8 July 2014 . 23 May 2020.
4. Web site: Minority Health Disparities Lecture Series: "Only the Best Class of Immigration: Public Health Policy Toward Mexicans and Filipinos in Los Angeles, 1910-1940" . UCLA . 23 May 2020 . 15 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615044943/http://cretscmhd.psych.ucla.edu/events/abel.htm . dead .
5. News: Sforza. Teri. April 23, 2021. Sick and tired: UCLA professor chases the history of fatigue through the centuries. Orange County Register.