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For her own good

Paperback • 2005

For her own good

By Barbara Ehrenreich

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About the book

From the bestselling author of <b>Nickel and Dimed</b> and a former editor in chief <b>Mother Jones</b>, this women's history classic brilliantly uncovers the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Since the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and higher education, a t...Show more

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2005

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For her own good

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