Emily Abel

EMILY ABEL is a professor of health services and women's studies. She teaches courses in aging, the history of public health, and women and health care. Dr. Abel received her B. A. from Swarthmore College, her M.A. in history from Columbia University, her Ph.D. in history from the University of London, and her M.P.H. from the UCLA School of Public Health. Her most recent book is Who Cares for the Elderly? Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters. She currently is writing a history of women's care for the sick and disabled family members in the United States from 1850-1940.