Molly Ladd-Taylor, York University

Research

United States since 1945 children and youth race and poverty disability mental health policy

Latest funding

Damaged children: innocence, inequality, and the politics of poverty in the postwar United States, 1950 to 1990
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$5,822
Damaged children: innocence, inequality, and the politics of poverty in the postwar United States, 1950 to 1990
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$80,895
Canadian Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 5 grants and awards

Damaged children: innocence, inequality, and the politics of poverty in the postwar United States, 1950 to 1990

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ladd-Taylor, Molly

Keywords: United States since 1945; children and youth; race and poverty; disability; mental health policy

$5,822

Damaged children: innocence, inequality, and the politics of poverty in the postwar United States, 1950 to 1990

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ladd-Taylor, Molly

Keywords: United States since 1945; children and youth; race and poverty; disability; mental health policy

$80,895

Canadian Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Iacovetta, Franca

Keywords: women's history; gender history; sexuality history; women; gender and sexuality studies; histories on the edge; edged-out women and groups; dominance and marginality; insertion and transformation; transnational; international; sexual & racial minorities

$25,000

Living archives on eugenics in Western Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009

Keywords: history of eugenics; living archives; collective memory; Western Canadian social history; disability; technology; and social policy; inclusivity and social structure; reproductive health issues; human variation; normalcy and diversity; human enhancement

$1,000,000

Eugenic sterilization and the politics of welfare in the American midwest

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ladd-Taylor, Molly

Keywords: United States; eugenics; welfare; reproduction; women

$45,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: United States since 1945 Dear Professor Ladd-Taylor, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on united states since 1945 connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Damaged children: innocence, inequality, and the politics of poverty in the postwar United States, 1950 to 1990" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]