Oral History Interview: Ann Peckham (1073)

dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T16:06:46Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T16:06:46Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.uri	http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/62337
dc.description	In her two interviews with Bob Lange conducted in 2010, Ann Peckham discussed the life and career of her late husband, Ben Peckham (1916-1994), a long-time Professor of Medicine and the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin. She talks about Dr. Peckham?s career at UW, which began in 1956, and details his work building the OBGYN program and his outreach efforts to other hospitals and doctors in Madison and the rest of the state. She talks about his work with Planned Parenthood and his support of the Supreme Court?s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. She discusses the controversial firing of Medical School Dean John Bowers by the Board of Regents in 1961. She also details Dr. Peckham?s childhood, education, and military service during World War Two, as well as, the careers of their three children.	en
dc.subject	World War II	en
dc.subject	Roe v. Wade	en
dc.subject	Planned Parenthood	en
dc.subject	UW-Madison Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology	en
dc.subject	Dr. Ben Peckham	en
dc.subject	UW-Madison Medical School	en
dc.title	Oral History Interview: Ann Peckham (1073)	en
dc.type	Recording, oral	en
dc.contributor.interviewer	Lange, Robert
dc.contributor.interviewee	Faherty, Ann
dc.contributor.interviewee	Peckham, Ann