APPLE, Rima D.

APPLE, Rima D. American, b. 1944. Genres: Medicine/Health, Women's studies and issues, Bibliography. Career: State University of New York at Stony Brook, lecturer in community and preventive medicine and project coordinator at Center for Photographic Images of Medicine and Health Care, both 1981-83; University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, visiting research fellow in history and philosophy of science, 1983; University of Wisconsin-Madison, member of women's studies program, 1983-92, fellow in history of medicine, 1985-92, assistant professor, 1992, associate professor, 1992-94, professor of consumer science and women's studies, 1994-. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, lecturer, 1984, adjunct assistant professor, 1986-90; University of Auckland, visiting lecturer, 1990; University of Trondheim, visiting researcher, 1992-94. Publications: (comp.) Illustrated Catalogue of the Slide Archive of Historical Medical Photographs at Stony Brook, 1984; Mothers and Medicine: A Social History of Infant Feeding, 1890-1950, 1987; (asst. ed.) The History of Women and Science, Health and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines, 1988, 2nd ed. (assoc. ed.), 1993; (ed. and contrib.) Women, Health, and Medicine in America: A Historical Handbook, 1990; Vitamania: Vitamins in American Culture, 1996. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to scientific and women's studies journals. Address: Department of Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1300 Linden Dr, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.