{"product_id":"witches-midwives-nurses-second-edition-a-history-of-women-healers-9781558616615","title":"Witches, Midwives, \u0026 Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWitches, Midwives, and Nurses\u003c\/em\u003e examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published by the Feminist Press in 1973, \u003cem\u003eWitches, Midwives, and Nurses \u003c\/em\u003eis an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. In this new and updated edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English delve into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich\u003c\/b\u003e is author of the 2002 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written nearly twenty books, and has been a columnist for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive, Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., The New Republic, Z Magazine, In These Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and Salon.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeirdre English\u003c\/b\u003e is the former editor of \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eNation, New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Magazine, S.F. Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and public radio and television. Currently, English is a professor at University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591267422482,"sku":"9781558616615","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d77f5b40-89a4-4be1-bdfe-b8f74c64b628.jpg?v=1732088222","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/witches-midwives-nurses-second-edition-a-history-of-women-healers-9781558616615","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}