Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers Author: Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
	Book Information Publisher: Feminist Press Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 24 Rating: 2 ISBN-13: 9780912670133 - ISBN-10: 0912670134 Publication Date: 6/1972 Pages: 48

Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female practitioners and male professionals. This pamphlet explores two important phases in the male takeover of health care: the suppression of witches in medieval Europe and the rise of the male medical profession in the United States. The authors conclude that despite efforts to exclude them, the resurgence of women as healers should be a long-range goal of the women's movement.