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| Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Glass Mountain Pamphlets) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
Publisher: The Feminist Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0912670134
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.69
EAN: 9780912670133
Publication Date: January 1, 1973
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 hmmmm October 21, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a social historian with a specific interest in women I sat down to read this pamplet with an open mind. Unfortunately the women who wrote this didnt take the same precautions when it came to the evidence. A feminist would find much to corroborate their thinking, but as a woman myself (in favour of equal rights) I just found it irritating and overly biased. Read it if you want a good laugh or if you want to look at the pictures.
 Authors argue that nurses are merely glorified housemaids! March 4, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This pamphlet is a discussion of two historical periods: medieval times when females healers were branded as witches and burned at the stake, and the nineteenth century when women were systematically barred from medical studies. While the historical facts may be accurate, the difficulty is that the authors view medicine as the only viable role for women in the healthcare field. They quickly dismiss the role of nurses and other ancillary healthcare workers because they are not the bosses in the healthcare delivery system. Their goal is to convince the reader that until women dominate medicine, there is little that they can offer patients in their attempts to maintain health. Ardent feminists will enjoy this book. However, those who believe that there is more to maintaining or regaining health than pills and surgery will find it a denegration of the work of those who play other roles in healthcare delivery.
 I would recommend it highly to anyone. February 8, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The small size of this pamphlet belies its content. Far from being unsubstantiated and poorly researched, it has an annotated bibliography of 16 sources, spanning from the medieval "Malleus Malificarum" to "American Medicine and the Public Interest" (from Yale University Press). This little book is a consice and scholarly work of history, drwing connections between established events that throws the entire course of medical history into a striking new light. A MUST read for anyone even marginally involved in the health field; even more so for Doctors or health practitioners who wish to know more clearly the roots of their field.
More evidence is needed to believe the claim stated here January 27, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book conforms to "popular" & "New Age" history than it does for a learned audience. This pamphlet is very light on its evidence to support the claims made. As a historian and lover of history, I thoroughly disagree with many statements made & published here. That this is taught to women and believed without dispute is sad-and misleading. As well as Starhawk and Barbara Walker, who create their own history from uncredible sources, it is disappointing that women use this as a basis for women's history in Western Civilization. Not only do you take away the power a mother had in family healing, learned through her ancestors, but you create the story of an innocent healer(who supposedly did practice witchcraft)that just isn't true. When I see documented proof of some such "crazy witch in the woods who healed but then burned at the stake" then I will retract these statements. I challenge the authors of this pamphlet to find her.
 Small, important, scholarly, historical summary. November 4, 1998
This document is a small seminal "must-read" for feminist-scholars, midwives, nurses, and witches. This small book presents a powerful history of the tragic loss of traditional feminist knowledge relating to birth by patriarchal religious powers during Europe's dark ages. The book came out of the authors' doctoral research. The historical nature of this book, negates any concern relating to the publication date. I strongly recommend it to eco-feminists, nurses, wicans, midwives, and birth-historians.
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