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OH 2047

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDIX, Carol (b. 1946)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 2047
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Carol Dix is a journalist who wrote ten books on topics like young womanhood, miscarriage, and writing. This interview focuses on her popular 1985 book The New Mother Syndrome, and her personal involvement with postpartum depression/maternal mental health advocacy with people like Nancy Berchtold and Jane Honikman, as well as with the Marcé Society and James Hamilton. She discusses her own postpartum, her reasons for writing this book, and her experience with media appearances and book publicity.
Interviewer(s)Rachel Louise Moran
Physical Descriptionpp. 58
Terms of UseClosed until March 29 2025