University of Rochester Medical Center's Miner Library, History of Medicine Section presents Water Cures and their Role in the Temperance, Women's Rights, and Abolition Movements, a talk by Jane Oakes, regional historian and lecturer.
Water cures were not only a place to get well, but were often where radical ideas about the rights of women, abolition, women's dress reform, and temperance were promoted. Learn about Western New York's regional water cure owners who contributed to some of the great social movements of the nineteenth century.
Our event will take place Friday, March 14, from 1-2pm EST. This is a free, hybrid event. Please register to attend in-person at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in the Class of '62 Auditorium, or to receive a Zoom link.
This talk is presented in conjunction with our Spring 2025 exhibit, Healing Waters: Women in Water-Cures of 19th Century New York.
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Anna Smith, MLIS, CA
Head, History of Medicine Section
Edward G. Miner Library
Institute for Innovative Education
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY 14642
585-275-8827
Anna_Smith1@URMC.Rochester.edu------------------------------