Fantasy
by Barbara Ehrenreich · Contemporary Classics - The Feminist Press series
First published in 1973, this essential feminist text traces the systematic suppression of women healers throughout history, from medieval witch hunts to the professionalization of medicine. Ehrenreich exposes how women were driven from their traditional roles as midwives and healers as male-dominated medical institutions consolidated power. A foundational work that remains urgently relevant to contemporary healthcare debates.
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