Publication Date:March 26, 1999 Shipping:Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability:Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks
Editorial Reviews:
Product Description In this second edition, Judith Walzer Leavitt has collected 35 articles representing important scholarship in this once-neglected field. Organized chronologically and then by topic, this volume covers studies of women and health in the colonial and revolutionary periods and the 19th century through the Civil War. The remainder of the book concentrates on the late 19th and 20th centuries and addresses such controversial issues as body image and physical fitness, sexuality, fertility, abortion and birth control, childbirth and motherhood, mental illness, women's health care providers (midwives, nurses, physicians) and health reform and public health.
Customer Reviews:
The Past Definitely Repeats ItselfJanuary 22, 2001 Courtney L. Lewis(Kingston, PA USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been a big fan of Leavitt's work for years and find this book to be extremely revelatory in the way "things always stay the same". From eating disorders among women in the 1920s to views of women's sexuality and mental illness by male doctors, Leavitt manages (as always) to form a collection of compelling articles that you simply cannot put down. Sensitive always to inclusion of race and sexual orientation, Leavitt often presents work in areas difficult to find elsewhere.
