Witches, Midwives & Nurses : A History of Women Healers

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Witches,฀ Midwives฀ &฀Nurses HIS OWN WHERE June Jordan Introduced by Sapphire WOMEN WHO KILL Ann Jones With a new introduction by the author Great feminist books of the past fifty years don’t fade away. They become Contemporary Classics. Witches,฀ Midwives฀ &฀Nurses A History of Women Healers s e C o n d e d i T i o n BarBara EhrEnrEich & DEirDrE English Published in 2010 by the Feminist Press at the city University of new York The graduate center 365 Fifth avenue, suite 5406 new York, nY 10016 feministpress.org introduction to the second Edition copyright © 2010 by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English Text copyright © 1973 by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English all rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced or used, stored in any information retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the Feminist Press at the city University of new York, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. First Feminist Press edition published 1973 second edition with new introduction published July 2010 First printing, July 2010 cover design by John Yates/stealworks Text design by Drew stevens Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ehrenreich, Barbara. Witches, midwives, and nurses : a history of women healers / Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. -- 2nd ed. p. ; cm. isBn 978-1-55861-661-5 1. Women in medicine--history. 2. Medicine--United states--history. 3. Women healers--United states--history. i. English, Deirdre. ii. Title. [DnlM: 1. history of nursing--United states. 2. nurses--United states. 3. Midwifery--history--United states. 4. Witchcraft--history--United states. 5. Women’s health--history--United states. WQ 11 aa1 E33w 2010] r692.E35 2010 610.82--dc22 2010009446 ...