Josette Mondanaro Explained

Josette Mondanaro
Birth Date:May 21, 1945
Birth Place:New York, New York, U.S.
Death Date:December 25, 2002 (age 57)
Death Place:Florida, U.S.
Other Names:Josette Escamilla-Mondanaro
Occupation:Physician, public health researcher, state official

Josette Marie Mondanaro (May 21, 1945 – December 25, 2002) was an American physician. As an expert on addiction, she served as head of the Division of Substance Abuse, part of the California Department of Health, during the Jerry Brown administration in the mid-1970s.

Early life and education

Mondanaro was born in New York City and raised in Blue Point, New York, the daughter of Anthony Mondanaro and Alice Celentano Mondanaro. Her father was a butcher, and her mother worked in a department store.[1] She graduated from Syracuse University in 1967, with a bachelor's degree in zoology, and gained her medical training at Upstate Medical College in 1971.[2] She completed a residency at Children's Hospital of San Francisco.

Career

In 1976, Mondanaro was appointed head of the Division of Substance Abuse in the California Department of Health. Despite strong performance, she was fired from this position in late 1977, when she used explicit language in a personal letter written on official state letterhead.[3] Mondanaro and others appealed the decision, based on her belief that she was fired because she was a lesbian, and because some state officials considered that a political liability.[4] [5] Jerry Brown denied that her sexuality was a factor in the decision, in unprecedented testimony before the Personnel Board.[6] [7] She was ordered reinstated after hearings,[8] and continued working for the State of California for a time, as a maternal and child health consultant in the Health Services Department.[9]

After leaving state government, Mondanaro ran a medical clinic in Santa Cruz, treated women with drug dependencies,[10] [11] and taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1984, she spoke about her work as a guest on The Phil Donahue Show.[12] In 1985, she planned a move to Laguna Beach, to open a treatment program for teens.[13] She also became involved in HIV/AIDS prevention work among women at risk.[14] In 1989, she won the CSAM Vernelle Fox Award from the California Society for Addiction Medicine.[15]

Publications

Personal life

Mondanaro adopted a son, Eden. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 41,[23] and she died in 2002, at the age of 57, in Florida.[24] [25]

Notes and References

  1. Bathen, Sigrid. "Fired Doctor: Was She a Millstone?" The Sacramento Bee (December 4, 1977): A1, A20, A22.
  2. News: 1984-05-13 . The Menopause Maze . 2024-06-03 . Santa Cruz Sentinel . 25 . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603153216/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-the-menopause-maze/148623763/ . live .
  3. Bathen, Sigrid. "Dr. Josette Mondanaro: Story Behind Angry Letter is Complex One" The Sacramento Bee (December 8, 1977): B6, B7.
  4. https://archive.org/details/lesbian-tide-7705/LesbianTide-7801/page/22/mode/1up?q=Powell "Brown May Testify for Lesbian"
  5. Bathen, Sigrid. "Watergate Legacy? Mondanaro Accuses Governor of Coverup" The Sacramento Bee (December 10, 1977).
  6. News: Turner . Wallace . 1978-01-31 . Official's Ouster Involves Gov. Brown in Dispute . 2024-06-03 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331 . 2018-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180212191407/http://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/31/archives/officials-ouster-involves-gov-brown-in-dispute-brown-denies.html . live .
  7. News: 1978-01-27 . Brown Gives Testimony in Mondanaro Case . 2024-06-03 . Newspapers.com . The Hanford Sentinel . 5 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152536/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hanford-sentinel-brown-gives-testimo/148620290/ . live .
  8. News: Murray . Olderman . 1978-09-09 . Public servant's private battles . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . The Index-Journal . 7 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603145338/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-index-journal-public-servants-priva/148619809/ . live .
  9. Bathen, Sigrid. "Mondanaro: Ex-Drug Abuse Chief Still with State" The Sacramento Bee (July 23, 1978): A3, A4.
  10. News: Japenga . Ann . 1982-02-18 . For Women Hooked on Legal Drugs: Wingspread Clinic . 2024-06-03 . The Los Angeles Times . 73 . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603151857/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-for-women-hooked-o/148622224/ . live .
  11. News: Raymond . Joan . 1984-12-30 . It had at first seemed like it would be the perfect lover . 2024-06-03 . Santa Cruz Sentinel . 5 . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152551/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-it-had-at-first-seem/148622945/ . live .
  12. News: 1984-12-16 . Local drug expert to appear on TV . 2024-06-03 . Santa Cruz Sentinel . 6 . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603153113/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-local-drug-expert-to/148624051/ . live .
  13. News: Varcados . Marybeth . 1985-12-02 . A doctor's flight; Health center founder to head southward . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . Santa Cruz Sentinel . 8 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603151800/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-a-doctors-flight-h/148620945/ . live .
  14. News: Kolata . Gina . 1987-10-07 . Inner-city women found ignoring risk . 2024-06-03 . Evening Express . 10 . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152444/https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-inner-city-women-found-i/148623370/ . live .
  15. Web site: CSAM Vernelle Fox Award – CSAM . 2024-06-03 . en-US . 2024-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240601153422/https://csam-asam.org/about/csam-annual-awards/csam-vernelle-fox-award/ . live .
  16. Osofsky . H J . Rizk . P T . Fox . M . Mondanaro . J . 1971-01-01 . Nutritional status of low income pregnant teen-agers . The Journal of Reproductive Medicine . 6 . 1 . 29–33 . 1943-3565 . 5097613 . 2024-06-03 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603145958/https://europepmc.org/article/med/5097613 . live .
  17. Mondanaro, Josette. "Therapy and Lesbians" Issues in Radical Therapy 3(3)(Summer 1975): 3-7.
  18. Escamilla-Mondanaro . Josette . January 1977 . Women: Pregnancy, Children and Addiction . Journal of Psychedelic Drugs . en . 9 . 1 . 59–68 . 10.1080/02791072.1977.10472026 . 0022-393X . 2024-06-03 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150427/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1977.10472026 . live .
  19. Book: Treatment Services for Drug Dependent Women . 1981 . National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration . en . 2024-06-03 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150343/https://books.google.com/books?id=S_pGAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=Josette+Mondanaro&lr=&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Josette%20Mondanaro&f=false . live .
  20. Mondanaro . Josette . April 1987 . Strategies for AIDS Prevention: Motivating Health Behavior in Drug Dependent Women . Journal of Psychoactive Drugs . en . 19 . 2 . 143–149 . 10.1080/02791072.1987.10472398 . 0279-1072 . 2024-06-03 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150432/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1987.10472398 . live .
  21. Book: Mondanaro, Josette . Chemically dependent women: assessment and treatment . 1989 . Lexington Books . 978-0-669-17235-5 . Lexington, Mass . 2024-06-03 . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150454/https://books.google.com/books/about/Chemically_Dependent_Women.html?id=-PtrAAAAMAAJ . live .
  22. Mondanaro, J. (1990). "Community-based AIDS prevention interventions: Special issues of women intravenous drug users", in C. G. Leukefeld, R. J. Battjes, & Z. Amsel, eds., AIDS and intravenous drug use: Future directions for community-based prevention research (pp. 68–82). National Institute on Drug Abuse.
  23. News: Varcados . Marybeth . 1987-05-05 . Doctor learns the patient's viewpoint . 2024-06-03 . Santa Cruz Sentinel . 7 . Newspapers.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603153228/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-doctor-learns-the-pa/148623060/ . live .
  24. Web site: Josette Mondanaro Obituary . January 10, 2003 . 2024-06-03 . The Sun-Sentinel, via Legacy.com . 2024-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150346/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sunsentinel/name/josette-mondanaro-obituary?id=27962315 . live .
  25. Mondanaro . Eden E. . August 2004 . A Pioneer of Chemical Dependency Treatment: Dr Mondanaro Takes No Prisoners . American Journal of Public Health . en . 94 . 8 . 1300–1302 . 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1300 . 15284029 . 0090-0036 . 1448441 .

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