Janet Greenlees

I am a Reader (Associate Professor) in Health History. My research interests cover modern American and British history, particularly gender, health and welfare history, poverty and environmental history. I have published on a range of topics, including women and work, urban public health, occupational and environmental health and maternal health. My most recent book is: When the Air became Important: A Social History of the New England and Lancashire Textile Industries (Rutgers: 2019).

My current research follows two strands: I am writing a book about the changing relationship between poverty and maternity care in the United States between c 1880-1943. My other research interest comprises forced adoption in Scotland.

She is the Co-Director of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (GCU), a research collaboration between scholars at GCU and Strathclyde Universities. She is a co-editor of the journal Social History of Medicine.