For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women

By (author): "Deirdre English, Barbara Ehrenreich"
Publish Date: January 1st 1976
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
ISBN1400078008
ISBN139781400078004
AsinFor Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
Original titleFor Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women
First published in 1978, this classic history, now revised and updated, brilliantly exposes the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English have never lost faith in science itself, but insist that we hold those who interpret it to higher standards. Women are entering the medical and scientific professions in greater numbers but as recent research shows, experts continue to use pseudoscience to tell women how to live. This edition of For Her Own Good provides today's readers with an indispensable dose of informed skepticism.