Josette Mondanaro

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.Bathen, Sigrid. [https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MondanaroMillstone.pdf "Fired Doctor: Was She a Millstone?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152437/https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MondanaroMillstone.pdf |date=2024-06-03 }} The Sacramento Bee (December 4, 1977): A1, A20, A22. 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.{{Cite news |date=1984-05-13 |title=The Menopause Maze |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-the-menopause-maze/148623763/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=25 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603153216/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-the-menopause-maze/148623763/ |url-status=live }} She completed a residency at Children's Hospital of San Francisco.

In 1976, Mondanaro was appointed head of the Division of Substance Abuse in the California Department of Health.{{Citation |last1=Campbell |first1=Nancy D. |title=Undue Burdens: The Emergence of Feminist Treatment Advocacy in a Masculinist System |date=2011 |work=Gendering Addiction |pages=75–119 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9780230314245_4 |access-date=2024-06-03 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1057/9780230314245_4 |isbn=978-1-349-31012-8 |last2=Ettorre |first2=Elizabeth |author-link2=Betsy Ettorre |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603143732/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230314245_4 |url-status=live }} 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.Bathen, Sigrid. [https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/StoryBehindAngryLetter.pdf "Dr. Josette Mondanaro: Story Behind Angry Letter is Complex One"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152438/https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/StoryBehindAngryLetter.pdf |date=2024-06-03 }} The Sacramento Bee (December 8, 1977): [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-dr-josette-mondanaro/148620156/ B6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603144348/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-dr-josette-mondanaro/148620156/ |date=2024-06-03 }}, B7. 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.[https://archive.org/details/lesbian-tide-7705/LesbianTide-7801/page/22/mode/1up?q=Powell "Brown May Testify for Lesbian"] Lesbian Tide (January/February 1978): 22; via Internet Archive.Bathen, Sigrid. [https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WatergateLegacy.pdf "Watergate Legacy? Mondanaro Accuses Governor of Coverup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152438/https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WatergateLegacy.pdf |date=2024-06-03 }} The Sacramento Bee (December 10, 1977). Jerry Brown denied that her sexuality was a factor in the decision, in unprecedented testimony before the Personnel Board.{{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Wallace |date=1978-01-31 |title=Official's Ouster Involves Gov. Brown in Dispute |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/31/archives/officials-ouster-involves-gov-brown-in-dispute-brown-denies.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2018-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212191407/http://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/31/archives/officials-ouster-involves-gov-brown-in-dispute-brown-denies.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1978-01-27 |title=Brown Gives Testimony in Mondanaro Case |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hanford-sentinel-brown-gives-testimo/148620290/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |via=Newspapers.com |work=The Hanford Sentinel |pages=5 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152536/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hanford-sentinel-brown-gives-testimo/148620290/ |url-status=live }} She was ordered reinstated after hearings,{{Cite news |first=Murray |last=Olderman |date=1978-09-09 |title=Public servant's private battles |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-index-journal-public-servants-priva/148619809/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=The Index-Journal |pages=7 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603145338/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-index-journal-public-servants-priva/148619809/ |url-status=live }} and continued working for the State of California for a time, as a maternal and child health consultant in the Health Services Department.Bathen, Sigrid. [https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Ex-DrugAbuseChiefStillWithState.pdf "Mondanaro: Ex-Drug Abuse Chief Still with State"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603145336/https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Ex-DrugAbuseChiefStillWithState.pdf |date=2024-06-03 }} The Sacramento Bee (July 23, 1978): A3, A4.

After leaving state government, Mondanaro ran a medical clinic in Santa Cruz, treated women with drug dependencies,{{Cite news |last=Japenga |first=Ann |date=1982-02-18 |title=For Women Hooked on Legal Drugs: Wingspread Clinic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-for-women-hooked-o/148622224/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=73 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603151857/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-for-women-hooked-o/148622224/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Raymond |first=Joan |date=1984-12-30 |title=It had at first seemed like it would be the perfect lover |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-it-had-at-first-seem/148622945/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=5 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152551/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-it-had-at-first-seem/148622945/ |url-status=live }} and taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1984, she spoke about her work as a guest on The Phil Donahue Show.{{Cite news |date=1984-12-16 |title=Local drug expert to appear on TV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-local-drug-expert-to/148624051/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603153113/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-local-drug-expert-to/148624051/ |url-status=live }} In 1985, she planned a move to Laguna Beach, to open a treatment program for teens.{{Cite news |last=Varcados |first=Marybeth |date=1985-12-02 |title=A doctor's flight; Health center founder to head southward |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-a-doctors-flight-h/148620945/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=8 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603151800/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-a-doctors-flight-h/148620945/ |url-status=live }} She also became involved in HIV/AIDS prevention work among women at risk.{{Cite news |last=Kolata |first=Gina |date=1987-10-07 |title=Inner-city women found ignoring risk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-inner-city-women-found-i/148623370/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Evening Express |pages=10 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152444/https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-express-inner-city-women-found-i/148623370/ |url-status=live }} In 1989, she won the CSAM Vernelle Fox Award from the California Society for Addiction Medicine.{{Cite web |title=CSAM Vernelle Fox Award – CSAM |url=https://csam-asam.org/about/csam-annual-awards/csam-vernelle-fox-award/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601153422/https://csam-asam.org/about/csam-annual-awards/csam-vernelle-fox-award/ |url-status=live }}

• "Nutritional status of low income pregnant teen-agers" (1971, with H. J. Osofsky, P. T. Rizk, and M. Fox){{Cite journal |last1=Osofsky |first1=H J |last2=Rizk |first2=P T |last3=Fox |first3=M |last4=Mondanaro |first4=J |date=1971-01-01 |title=Nutritional status of low income pregnant teen-agers |url=https://europepmc.org/article/med/5097613 |journal=The Journal of Reproductive Medicine |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=29–33 |issn=1943-3565 |pmid=5097613 |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603145958/https://europepmc.org/article/med/5097613 |url-status=live }}
• "Therapy and Lesbians" (1975)Mondanaro, Josette. [https://www.radikale-therapie.de/DL/IRT-11.pdf "Therapy and Lesbians" Issues in Radical Therapy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605055207/https://www.radikale-therapie.de/DL/IRT-11.pdf|date=2023-06-05}} 3(3)(Summer 1975): 3-7.
• "Women: Pregnancy, Children and Addiction" (1977){{Cite journal |last=Escamilla-Mondanaro |first=Josette |date=January 1977 |title=Women: Pregnancy, Children and Addiction |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.1977.10472026 |journal=Journal of Psychedelic Drugs |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=59–68 |doi=10.1080/02791072.1977.10472026 |issn=0022-393X |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150427/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1977.10472026 |url-status=live }}
• Treatment Services for Drug Dependent Women (1981, edited with George M. Beschner and Beth Glover Reed){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S_pGAAAAMAAJ&dq=Josette+Mondanaro&pg=PR1 |title=Treatment Services for Drug Dependent Women |date=1981 |publisher=National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration |language=en |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}
• "Strategies for AIDS Prevention: Motivating Health Behavior in Drug Dependent Women" (1987){{Cite journal |last=Mondanaro |first=Josette |date=April 1987 |title=Strategies for AIDS Prevention: Motivating Health Behavior in Drug Dependent Women |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1987.10472398 |journal=Journal of Psychoactive Drugs |language=en |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=143–149 |doi=10.1080/02791072.1987.10472398 |issn=0279-1072 |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150432/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1987.10472398 |url-status=live }}
• Chemically Dependent Women: Assessment and Treatment (1989){{Cite book |last=Mondanaro |first=Josette |title=Chemically dependent women: assessment and treatment |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-PtrAAAAMAAJ |date=1989 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=978-0-669-17235-5 |location=Lexington, Mass |access-date=2024-06-03 |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150454/https://books.google.com/books/about/Chemically_Dependent_Women.html?id=-PtrAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}
• "Community-based AIDS prevention interventions: Special issues of women intravenous drug users" (1990)Mondanaro, J. (1990). [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-98810-005 "Community-based AIDS prevention interventions: Special issues of women intravenous drug users"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150345/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-98810-005 |date=2024-06-03 }}, 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.

Mondanaro adopted a son, Eden. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 41,{{Cite news |last=Varcados |first=Marybeth |date=1987-05-05 |title=Doctor learns the patient's viewpoint |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-doctor-learns-the-pa/148623060/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603153228/https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-doctor-learns-the-pa/148623060/ |url-status=live }} and she died in 2002, at the age of 57, in Florida.{{Cite web |title=Josette Mondanaro Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sunsentinel/name/josette-mondanaro-obituary?id=27962315 |date=January 10, 2003 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=The Sun-Sentinel, via Legacy.com |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150346/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sunsentinel/name/josette-mondanaro-obituary?id=27962315 |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last=Mondanaro |first=Eden E. |date=August 2004 |title=A Pioneer of Chemical Dependency Treatment: Dr Mondanaro Takes No Prisoners |journal=American Journal of Public Health |language=en |volume=94 |issue=8 |pages=1300–1302 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1300 |pmid=15284029 |issn=0090-0036 |pmc=1448441 }}

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