OH 2073 | Oral History

OH 2073

For 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.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 74 pp.
Terms of Use Closed until January 17 2026
Interviewer(s) Rachel Louise Moran
Date of Interview January 17, 2023

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