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Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers

by Barbara Ehrenreich

Women healers and the making of modern medicine

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Women healers and the making of modern medicine

Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English trace the historical displacement of women-led healing as patriarchal power, capitalism, and the developing medical industry gained authority. First published in 1973, this second edition revisits that history alongside contemporary fascination with witches and the controversies surrounding them. The book connects the history of women healers to wider questions about who holds authority over healthcare and how that authority took shape. Its historical and political framing makes the subject broader than a chronicle of healing practices alone.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in feminist histories of medicine and nursing.
  • Readers exploring the history of witchcraft, midwifery, and women healers.
  • Readers examining social and political debates around healthcare.

Themes

Women healersMedical historyGender and powerWitchcraft and social controversyHealthcare institutions

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Book overview

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry.


As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work.


First published by the Feminist Press in 1973, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. In this new and updated edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English delve into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic expos

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