Course Instructor - Heather Welch 

Course Fee - $25.00

This course examines how the female body was understood and represented in Early Modern England. Drawing on midwifery manuals, medical treatises, and sensational crime pamphlets, these texts collectively reveal how women’s bodies became sites of medical authority, legal investigation, and moral anxiety. Through close analysis of primary sources, the course considers how print culture shaped—and was shaped by—changing understandings of gender, power, and the body.  

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Heather Welch holds a PhD in History from Georgia State University and has taught at University of North Georgia, Georgia State University, and Kennesaw State University. She has lived in Towns County for 18 years. Currently, she works at the Mountain Regional Library System. Heather considers herself a lifelong learner and feels very passionate about helping others find enjoyment in learning.