For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to WomenAn updated history of the experts, largely men, who have given professional advice to women makes the point that this advice has been unscientific, arrogant, biased, and generally self-serving and exposes the myths told to women in the name of science. Original. |
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User Review - wealhtheowwylfing - LibraryThingEhrenreich and English look at what kind of advice we've been given for the last two hundred years. Although they provide a good deal of social, political, economic, and general background to the ... Read full review
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User Review - Devil_llama - LibraryThingA history of how the status of women has changed since the Industrial Revolution, when the modern gender roles were delineated based on the new divisions of labor. Very well researched, and well ... Read full review
Contents
one In the Ruins of Patriarchy | 3 |
two Witches Healers and Gentleman Doctors | 37 |
The Witch Hunts The Conflict over Healing Comes to America | 65 |
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| Title | For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women |
| Authors | Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English |
| Edition | 2, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Anchor Books, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1400078008, 9781400078004 |
| Length | 410 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General Social Science / Women's Studies |
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