Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Reader 1
Andrew Aisenberg
Reader 2
Julia Liss
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Megan E Gratke
Abstract
How has the connection between health and eligibility of the President of the United States been formed over time? This thesis uses Presidents Taft, Wilson, and Roosevelt to examine the history of disease and ability in presidential body politics, exploring the representation of the body in the highest position of America.
Recommended Citation
Gratke, Megan, "In Sickness and in Health: Conceptions of Disease and Ability in Presidential Bodies" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1408.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1408
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