Oral history interview with Millie Hanson, 2002
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- Name
- Hanson, Millie (Interviewee)
- Fly on the Wall Productions (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Millie Hanson, 2002
- Abstract
- Childhood: Turtle lake and Clayton, Northern Wisconsin; education: River Falls State College, River Falls, Wisconsin; medical school, University of Minnesota; farm life in rural Wisconsin; early experience of abortion-related deaths within family; the state of abortion legislation in the Midwest pre-Roe v. Wade; discussion of abortion complications; internship at Minneapolis General Hospital; medic al school's treatment of the abortion issue; discussion of physical dangers to abortion doctors; hospital administration and legal risks in regards to abortions; traumatic experience with female student via telephone; establishment of personal practice; explanation of bureaucratic gymnastics involved for legal abortions; fears regarding the future of pro-choice legislation
- Collection Name
- Physicians for reproductive health and choice oral history project
- Subjects
- Obstetricians; Gynecologists; Abortion--United States; Abortion; Abortion--Law and legislation--United States; Abortion--History--20th century.--United States; Abortion services--United States; Physicians--Attitudes.--United States; Reproductive rights--United States; Hanson, Millie
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2002
- Note (Biographical)
- Obstetrician/Gynecologist
- Note
- Interviewed by Fly on the Wall Productions, in Spring 2000 and May 2002
- Note (Provenance)
- Millie Hanson, Gift 2002
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13792744
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-a7gm-6z91
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.