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Miriam Menkin Wikipedia Entry[edit]

As part of a project for my history of science class, I am planning to develop a Wikipedia entry for a scientist named Miriam Menkin. She was a laboratory technician who became the first person to successfully fertilize an egg outside of the human body. Her impact on fertility research makes her deserving of a Wikipedia entry. In the entry, I will discuss her life and background, her work with in vitro fertilization, and her overall contributions to science. I have yet to create the entry, but if anyone happens to stumble across this talk page and wants to give me some advice I would be happy to accept any help! I will be posting a list of the sources that I plan to use for the article shortly. David Potts (talk) 21:05, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Miriam Menkin Article Sources[edit]

Dubow, Sara. Ourselves Unborn: A History of the Fetus in Modern America. New York: Oxford UP, 2011. Print.

"First Human Eggs Fertilized in a Laboratory." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2016. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/babies-first-eggs-fertilized/

"First Human In Vitro Fertilization Experiments in the United States, 1944-1948. John Rock Papers." Countway Repository. Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, 29 May 2009. Web. 03 Nov. 2016. http://repository.countway.harvard.edu/xmlui/handle/10473/1851

Lopata, Alex. "History of the Egg in Embryology." J-Stage. Journal of Mammalian Ova Research, 28 May 2009. Web. 06 Nov. 2016. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmor/26/1/26_1_2/_article

Marsh, Margaret S., and Wanda Ronner. The Fertility Doctor: John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2008. Print.

Rodriguez, Sarah. "Watching the Watch-Glass: Miriam Menkin and One Woman’s Work in Reproductive Science, 1938–1952." Taylor & Francis Online. Taylor & Francis Group, 06 May 2015. Web. 03 Nov. 2016. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00497878.2015.1013215

Ruffenach, Stephen. "Rock-Menkin Experiments." The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. Arizona State University, 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 03 Nov. 2016. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/rock-menkin-experiments

Saetnan, Ann Rudinow., Nelly Oudshoorn, and Marta Kirejczyk. Bodies of Technology: Women's Involvement with Reproductive Medicine. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2000. Print.

Valone, DA. "The Changing Moral Landscape of Human Reproduction: Two Moments in the History of in Vitro Fertilization." The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, New York. 65.3 (1998): 167-72. 06 November 2016. https://dspace.mssm.edu/handle/123456789/28782

I have attached my initial list of sources for the Miriam Menkin Wikipedia entry. I will likely be altering and adding to this list as I put the article together, but any feedback or additional sources would certainly be appreciated! David Potts (talk) 19:37, 3 November 2016 (UTC)