Rene Almeling - GUYnecology

Thank you to the people and institutions who made this research possible. Of all those who provided guidance, assistance, and support, I appreciate this opportunity to specifically acknowledge ...

... The teachers who taught me how to think and write: Cindy Burgett, debate coach at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, Kansas; Elizabeth Long, sociology professor and my senior essay adviser at Rice University; Gail Kligman, Ruth Milkman, Abigail Saguy, Carole Browner, and Stefan Timmermans, my graduate advisers at UCLA.

... The amazing people who cared for our children during the six years it took to research and write this book: At Tender Care in Hamden, Connecticut: Lori Osber, Stephanie Scala, Karen D., Elaina Cerilli, Kaleena Kafka, Marisa Montalto, Karen Cortezano, Kara Ventriglio, Jessica Marcolini, Jennifer Mingo, Shannon D., Kaitlin DeFelice, Stephanie P., and Holly Rosa. At United Community Nursery School in New Haven: Betty Baisden, Laurine Reenie Wilson, Vonceil Floyd, Barbara Gagliardi, Lori Esposito, Lindsay Brelsford, Lance E. Ligon, Linda Sisson, Naomi Wilson, and Becky Baisden. At Sequoia Childrens Center in Redwood City, California: Carol McLalan, Rebecca Mayfield, and Maria Adriano.

... The interviewees who took time from their own lives to discuss their experiences and views with me . Without their generosity and engagement, this research would not have been possible.

... The graduate student research assistants who helped to gather data and generously shared their insights as we talked through the project: Celene Reynolds, Jenna Healey, Megann Licskai, Todd Madigan (who also supplied the title for the book when brainstorming a password we could both remember), Dana Hayward, Vanessa Bittner, Elisabeth Becker, and Ufuk Topkara.

... The librarians and archivists who shared their immense knowledge and pointed me to materials: David Rose at the March of Dimes, Arlene Shaner at the New York Academy of Medicine, and especially Melissa Grafe at Yale.

... The staff at Yale, who provided excellent administrative support: Pam Colesworthy, Lauren Gonzalez, Ellen Stevens, Cathy Volpe, and Bess Connolly.

... The members of my sociology writing group, every month for seven years and counting: Laura Carpenter, Joanna Kempner, and Jennifer Reich.

... The colleagues and friends who commented on drafts and talked through various aspects of this project with me: Chitra Ramalingam, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Lani Keller, Topher Carroll, Laura Barraclough, Dan HoSang, Julia Adams, Vida Maralani, Mark Schlesinger, Scott Boorman, Phil Gorski, Jeff Alexander, Jonathan Wyrtzen, Emily Erikson, Fred Wherry, Andy Papachristos, Alka Menon, Eli Anderson, Julia DiBenigno, Jaimie Morse, John Evans, Andrew Deener, Marcia Inhorn, Joanna Radin, Naomi Rogers, Henry Cowles, Anna Bonnell Freidin, Vanessa Agard-Jones, Gretchen Berland, Sean Brotherton, Danya Keene, Philipp Ziesche, Adele Clarke, Krista Luker, Ali Miller, Rayna Rapp, Emily Martin, Helena Hansen, Hannah Landecker, Angela Creager, Keith Wailoo, Christine Williams, Charles Bosk, Wanda Ronner, Margaret Marsh, Elizabeth Roberts, Stan Honig, Pierre Jouannet, Bill Petok, Rob Jansen, Nick Wilson, Owen Whooley, Charles Rosenberg, Kara Swanson, Jennifer Croissant, Jennifer Merchant, Janelle Lamoreaux, Anita Hardon, Ruth Levine, and especially Sarah Richardson. Special thanks to Steve Epstein, Miranda Waggoner, John Warner, Linda Sebastian, and Jeff Ostergren for reading the complete manuscript and offering such wonderfully constructive comments.

... My very patient and phenomenally supportive editor: Naomi Schneider at the University of California Press.

... The institutions that provided financial support and time to do the research and writing: Yale University, the National Science Foundation, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

... My parents: Guy Almeling and Linda Sebastian.

... My family: Jeff, Clare, and Cecil.