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Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo, assistant professor in the departments of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, History, and Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Iowa, will explore how the potential for demographic change has affected the legal and social environment for obstetrical care in Iowa and the Midwest.

Dr. Murillo is Assistant Professor in the departments of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, History, and Latina/o/x Studies at the University of Iowa. She is completing her first book titled Fighting for Control: Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the U.S-Mexico Borderlands under contract with University of North Carolina Press. She is the recipient of several grants and fellowships. The American Association of University Women (AAUW), American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and the Ford Foundation have supported her research. Murillo’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Rewire News, Nursing Clio, and Notches. Her 2021 article, “Birth Control, Border Control: The Movement for Contraception in El Paso, Texas 1936–1940”, published in the Pacific Historical Review, is the winner of the Jensen-Miller prize for best article in the field of women and gender history from the Western History Association. With Professor Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, Murillo also co-directs the Reproductive Justice and Maternal Politics Obermann collaborative at the University of Iowa.

This event is presented by the Iowa Women's Archives and co-sponsored by University of Iowa Council on the Status of Women. It will be simultaneously livestreamed by the Iowa City Public Library on its YouTube channel. All are encouraged to attend. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Anna Holland in advance at anna-holland@uiowa.edu.