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For her own good : two centuries of the experts' advice to women
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- Creator
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Anchor Books edition
- New York : Anchor Books, 2005
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 369 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781400078004, 1400078008
- OCLC
- ocm57688414, ocm57376060
- Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1978.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- In the ruins of patriarchy -- Witches, healers, and gentleman doctors -- Science and the ascent of the experts -- The sexual politics of sickness -- Microbes and the manufacture of housework -- The century of the child -- Motherhood as pathology -- From masochistic motherhood to the sexual marketplace
Subjects
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
- Maternal and infant welfare -- United States -- History.
- Women's health services -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
- Medical ethics -- United States -- History.
- Women's rights -- United States -- History.
- Ethics, Medical -- history -- United States.
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- Maternal Health Services -- history -- United States.
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- Physician-Patient Relations.
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- Women's Health Services -- history -- United States.
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- Women's Rights -- history -- United States.
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