Money, Marriage, and Madness

"Kim Nielsen's Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott is a brief, beautifully written, and wholly original biography. . . . As Nielsen tells Ott's life story, she examines the relationship between interlocking power structures--race, gender, class, ability, and settler colonialism--and personal circumstances. . . . A wonderful read." --Indiana Magazine of History

"Nielsen brilliantly contrasts the differences that occurred once Ott swiveled from doctor to patient . . . a powerful way of backing into the story of a life that would otherwise be completely lost." --Annals of Iowa

"Ott's story is both compelling in itself and revealing about the broader society she inhabited." --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel