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New edition of this bestselling book about the history of sexism in the medical profession.

From the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed and a former editor in chief Mother Jones, 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 disabl...

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A bestseller for decades, this contemporary classic gets a substantial new introduction by the authors.