Elizabeth Salem is a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at Case Western Reserve University. She earned a B.A. in History from Notre Dame College in 2002 and a M.A. in History from Case Western Reserve University in 2005. Her research focuses on the nineteenth-century United States, women's history, and the history of medicine. She is currently at work on her dissertation, which examines the origins of the concept of addiction and the figure of the female addict in America from 1770-1870.

Location

Cleveland, Ohio

Disciplines

• History
• History of Science and Medicine
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Affiliation

Case Western Reserve University