Molly Ladd‐Taylor

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 755 citations indexed

About

Molly Ladd‐Taylor is a scholar working on History, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Molly Ladd‐Taylor has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 755 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in History, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Molly Ladd‐Taylor's work include Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (14 papers), Medical History and Research (7 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (4 papers). Molly Ladd‐Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (14 papers), Medical History and Research (7 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (4 papers). Molly Ladd‐Taylor collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Molly Ladd‐Taylor's co-authors include Theda Skocpol, Barbara Melosh, Lauri Umansky, Edward J. Larson, Judith Walzer Leavitt, Michael B. Katz, Julia Grant, Seth Koven, Linda Gordon and Sonya Michel and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Molly Ladd‐Taylor

26 papers receiving 529 citations

Hit Papers

Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930. 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930.
    1995 156 citations Theda Skocpol, Molly Ladd‐Taylor profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Molly Ladd‐Taylor Canada 14 340 219 123 116 94 30 755
Diana Gittins 8 348 1.0× 106 0.5× 74 0.6× 130 1.1× 174 1.9× 13 650
Joanne Meyerowitz United States 13 411 1.2× 133 0.6× 113 0.9× 191 1.6× 96 1.0× 27 731
Elizabeth Pleck United States 18 630 1.9× 111 0.5× 82 0.7× 299 2.6× 146 1.6× 30 1.1k
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham United States 8 842 2.5× 148 0.7× 149 1.2× 280 2.4× 75 0.8× 16 1.2k
Elaine Tyler May United States 12 494 1.5× 183 0.8× 166 1.3× 199 1.7× 44 0.5× 43 914
Paula J. Giddings United States 7 529 1.6× 75 0.3× 61 0.5× 219 1.9× 81 0.9× 18 890
Belinda Robnett United States 15 796 2.3× 82 0.4× 162 1.3× 307 2.6× 86 0.9× 25 1.1k
Anne Firor Scott United States 17 436 1.3× 171 0.8× 175 1.4× 143 1.2× 32 0.3× 75 921
Vernon J. Williams United States 8 538 1.6× 133 0.6× 96 0.8× 50 0.4× 38 0.4× 32 960
Karen Anderson United States 7 539 1.6× 68 0.3× 106 0.9× 298 2.6× 37 0.4× 13 932

Countries citing papers authored by Molly Ladd‐Taylor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Molly Ladd‐Taylor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Molly Ladd‐Taylor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (2019). THE EUGENIC MIND PROJECT Robert A. WilsonCambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2018. 352 pp $39.02 (hardcover), ISBN: 978‐0262037204.. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 55(3). 265–266.
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (2017). Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. Journal of American History. 104(2). 516–517. 31 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (2017). Fixing the Poor: Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 7 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (2014). Contraception or Eugenics? Sterilization and “Mental Retardation” in the 1970s and 1980s. Canadian Journal of Health History. 31(1). 189–211. 8 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (2011). Sterilizing the “Retarded” : Feminism, the Courts, and Historical Memory. 1 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly, et al.. (2000). Breeding Better Vermonters: The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State.. Journal of American History. 87(2). 713–713. 26 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly & Julia Grant. (1999). Raising Baby by the Book: The Education of American Mothers.. Journal of American History. 86(1). 279–279. 5 indexed citations
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Melosh, Barbara, Molly Ladd‐Taylor, & Lauri Umansky. (1999). "Bad" Mothers: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Century America.. Journal of American History. 85(4). 1688–1688. 177 indexed citations
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Koven, Seth, Sonya Michel, Theda Skocpol, et al.. (1999). The Selfless and the Helpless: Maternalist Origins of the U.S. Welfare State. Feminist Studies. 25(3). 571–571. 10 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly & Edward J. Larson. (1996). Sex, Race, and Science: Eugenics in the Deep South.. The Journal of Southern History. 62(3). 610–610. 70 indexed citations
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Skocpol, Theda, Molly Ladd‐Taylor, Linda Gordon, et al.. (1996). The New Literature on Gender and the Welfare State: The U.S. Case. Feminist Studies. 22(1). 170–170. 11 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (1996). Love, Work, and the Meanings of Motherhood. Journal of women's history. 8(3). 219–227. 1 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly, et al.. (1995). Made to Play House: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930.. Journal of American History. 81(4). 1708–1708. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffert, Sylvia D. & Molly Ladd‐Taylor. (1995). Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930. History of Education Quarterly. 35(2). 218–218. 2 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly, et al.. (1995). Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930.. Journal of American History. 82(1). 281–281. 21 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly, et al.. (1995). Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 24(2). 202–202. 22 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly, et al.. (1994). Settlement Folk: Social Thought and the American Settlement Movement, 1885-1930. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 25(2). 341–341. 57 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly, et al.. (1988). Raising a Baby the Government Way: Mothers' Letters to the Children's Bureau, 1915-1932. History of Education Quarterly. 28(1). 156–156. 23 indexed citations
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Ladd‐Taylor, Molly. (1985). Women Workers and the Yale Strike. Feminist Studies. 11(3). 465–465. 6 indexed citations

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