Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront Oral Interviews Collection
In February 2024, McGoogan Library hosted virtual and in-person events open to the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine community and the public. Attendees at both events selected living books to speak with and hear their perspective on a variety of women’s health topics.
Each book was also interviewed and shared some of the most common questions they receive and/or questions they wish people would ask them. Below are links to each of their oral interviews.
We encourage you to view these videos and share with your network, friends and family.
“This project centers diverse voices in storytelling and information sharing to enact McGoogan Library's mission of connecting the past, informing the present, and building the future.” – Emily Glenn, dean of McGoogan Library>
“Our hope is that this project sheds light on areas of women’s health that our students, faculty, staff and the public may not be as familiar with and provides an opportunity for learning and growth.” – Jess King, education and research services librarian at McGoogan Library and principal investigator for the “Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” project.
Members of the “Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” project team include:
The “Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” project was funded in part by a grant from Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and sponsored by McGoogan Health Sciences Library.
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One but Also Many: Living Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder
Wyn and Jess King
Book synopsis
I was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID, formerly multiple personality disorder) and feared that my life as I had known it was over. Now I am embracing a lifestyle called ‘functional multiplicity.’ This means that I have different, distinct personality states (called alters), but we work together as a cohesive team. This is the story of how I grew to love all parts of myself, and I hope that by sharing my story I can make the world a safer and more understanding place for people like me.
About Wyn
Senior Patient Access Associate at Nebraska Medicine*
*Position at the time of the recording.