|
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gynaecology & obstetrics
|
Buy Now
Revolutionizing Women's Healthcare - The Feminist Self-Help Movement in America (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R3,472
Discovery Miles 34 720
|
|
|
Revolutionizing Women's Healthcare - The Feminist Self-Help Movement in America (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Revolutionizing Women's Healthcare is the story of a feminist
experiment: the self-help movement. This movement arose out of
women's frustration, anger, and fear for their health. Tired of
visiting doctors who saw them as silly little girls, suffering
shame when they asked for birth control, seeking abortions in back
alleys, and holding little control over their own reproductive
lives, women took action. Feminists created 'self-help groups'
where they examined each other's bodies and read medical
literature. They founded and ran clinics, wrote books, made movies,
undertook nationwide tours, and raided and picketed offending
medical institutions. Some performed their own abortions. Others
swore off pharmaceuticals during menopause. Lesbian women found 'at
home' ways to get pregnant. Black women used self-help to talk
about how systemic racism affected their health. Hannah
Dudley-Shotwell engagingly chronicles these stories and more to
showcase the creative ways women came together to do for themselves
what the mainstream healthcare system refused to do.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
