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Wendy Kline

Arts and Humanities · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2001

Publications

72

Citations

433

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Wendy Kline is a historian who studies the history of reproduction, childbirth, and women's health in the United States, including topics like midwifery, abortion activism, and psychedelic-assisted birth practices. Her work also engages with the broader history of medicine, gender, and the body, often reviewing and contributing to scholarship on how medical knowledge about reproduction and bodies has changed over time.

History of reproduction and childbirthGender and women's health historyHistory of medicine and psychiatryMidwifery and reproductive activismPsychedelics and medical history

Publication output shows a large concentrated burst around 2019 (likely a book and related chapters), with lower and irregular activity in the years before and after, including a gap in 2022 and 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 15 publications15192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication21222023: 1 publication23242025: 2 publications2526
Publishes in
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×8
  • Bulletin of the history of medicine×2
  • Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences×1
  • Gender & History×1
  • Nursing History Review×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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