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For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women
by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English
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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor (January 04 2005)
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Chapter 1: In the Ruins of Patriarchy
A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.

Chapter 1: The Woman Question
The Woman Question arose in the course of a historic transformation whose scale later generations have still barely grasped. It was the 'industrial revolution,' and even 'revolution' is too pallid a word.



Book Description

A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.