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Cayleff, Susan Evelyn was born on March 4, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Nathan and Frieda (Kates) Cayleff.
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One of the most gifted athletes of all time, Babe Didrikson Zaharias dominated track and field, winning two Olympic gold medals and a controversial silver in 1932 before going on to compete in baseball, bowling, basketball, tennis, and particularly in golf. An American public smitten with her wit, frankness, and "unladylike" bravado helped her become an American legend. In Babe, Susan Cayleff offers a comprehensive, in-depth biography of a woman who was a great athlete at a time when women's roles and opportunities were severely limited. Through interviews with Babe's friends and family, golf peers, and medical personnel, Cayleff sensitively reveals the life and probes the legend of this unusual American hero. Included is a for-the-record discussion of the remarkable love Babe shared with Betty Dodd, the young golfer who was her constant companion in her last years. Stricken with cancer in her prime, Babe went public as a self-help role model able to beat the disease. Her bravery further endeared her to the American public.
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In a century characterized by dramatic health-care remedies bloodletting, purging, and leeching, for example hydropathy was one of the most celebrated alternative forms of medical care. Unlike these other cures, however, hydropathy, which entailed various applications of cold water, also staunchly advocated the reformation of such personal habits as diet, exercise, dress, and way of life. Susan E. Cayleff explores the relationship between this fascinating sect of nineteenth-century medicine and the women who took the cure. "Wash and Be Healed" investigates the theories, practices, medical and social philosophies, institutions, and the most prominent proponents of the water-cure movement and studies them in relation to the diverse reform networks of the nineteenth century. Documenting the popularity and importance of hydropathy among female activists, Cayleff argues that the water-cure movement was overpowered by allopathic (or orthodox) medicine which viewed hydropathy as a crackpot therapeutic largely because of its close association with nineteenth-century social activism. The book gives us an alternative view of social and sexual relationships which should contribute to the growing awareness among scholars that the history of health and healing must be more than the history of allopathic medicine. Susan E. Cayleff is Associate Professor in the Department of Women's Studies at San Diego State University.
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A gold medal Olympian, Babe Didrikson, recently rated by ESPN as one of the top ten athletes of the twentieth century, excelled at every sport she tried: running, jumping, javelin throwing, swimming, basketball, tennis, golf, and baseball. Gifted and controversial, Babe's athletic prowess and personality took the country by storm from the 1930s to the 1950s. From Texas tomboy to sports superstar, Babe set the bar for every female athlete who would follow her and opened the world's eyes to what one dedicated woman can achieve. Author Susan E. Cayleff, whose adult biography of Babe Didrikson was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, now brings the rousing true-life story of Babe to today's young women.
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Cayleff, Susan Evelyn was born on March 4, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Nathan and Frieda (Kates) Cayleff.
Bachelor magna cum laude, University Massachusetts, 1976. Master of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, 1978. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, Brown University, 1983.
Teaching fellow, Brown U., Providence, 1981-1983; assistant professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1983-1987; associate professor department women's studies, San Diego State University, since 1987; faculty advisor varsity women's crew team, San Diego State University, since 1988; professor department women's studies, San Diego State University, since 1992; professor, chair department women's studies, San Diego State University, since 1997. Adjunct faculty Institute for the Medical Humanities, University Texas Medical Branch, since 1987. Humanities representative committee for the protection of human subjects San Diego State University, 1988-1997.
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(A gold medal Olympian, Babe Didrikson, recently rated by ...)
(In a century characterized by dramatic health-care remedi...)
(Hydropathy advocates the reformation of such personal hab...)
National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1984, Babe Didrikson Zaharias Memorial Foundation grantee, 1986, San Diego State University Foundation grantee, 1988, 98, Kennedy Institute for Bioethics scholar Georgetown University, 1984, California State University scholar, since 1989. Named Outstanding Professor San Diego State University Association Students, 1993, professor nominee San Diego State University Trustees, 1994. Member American Association for the History of Medicine, National Women's Studies Association, Coordinating Group for Women in the History Profession, Western Association for Women's Historians, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Brown U. Alumni Association Kappa Phi.