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OH 2073

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeMEYER, Birdie Gunyun (b. 1952)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 2073
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Birdie Gunyon Meyer discusses her background as a nurse, health educator, support group leader, and lactation consultant. Meyer is a past-President of Postpartum Support International (PSI) and serves on the PSI advisory council. She discusses developments between the 1980s-2020s. She was central to the growth of PSI’s training programs and to the creation of a certification in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). She discusses Jane Honikman, Depression After Delivery, Shoshana Bennett, Pec Indman, Wade Bowen, and Wendy N. Davis.
Interviewer(s)Rachel Louise Moran
Physical Description74 pp.
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