# Frances Oldham Kelsey and the Battle Against Thalidomide

Historian Cheryl Krasnick Warsh discussed her recent biography of Food and Drug Administration pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey and Kelsey’s pioneering battle against the life-threatening drug thalidomide. The panel was moderated by historian Josh Levy and reference librarian Loretta Deaver, who showed items from the Library’s Frances Oldham Kelsey papers. They discussed Kelsey and the thalidomide tragedy, Kelsey’s place within the larger landscape of women in science, and Warsh’s research process.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 58 min
- By: Levy, Josh
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10422/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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