Celebrating Women's History Month: New books on women's health
Unveiling the hidden histories of women's health: from menstruation to menopause, the myths, misogyny and medical truths that shape women's bodies today
There are a ton of new books in our collection about key issues in women's health. The list below is by no means exhaustive.
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Elizabeth Comen draws back the curtain on the collective medical history of women to reintroduce us to our whole bodies: how they work, the actual doctors and patients whose perspectives and experiences laid the foundation for today's medical thought, and the many oversights that remain unaddressed.
Editors Yansie Rolston and Yvonne Christie draw on the historical and cultural importance of storytelling traditions in African and Caribbean ancestry. This anthology breaks through a taboo topic that has too often been mired in shame and silence with courage and vulnerability.
Tracey Lindeman uses extensive interviews and research to track the modern endo experience to the origins of medicine and how the system gained its power by marginalizing women.
By breaking new ground with the first book-length history of postpartum mental illness in the twentieth century, Rachel Louise Moran brings mothers' battles with postpartum depression out of the shadows and into the light.
This edited collection takes a multidisciplinary perspective, based on academic research, activism, and creative work, to look at the varied and diverse lived experiences of menstruators. Menstruation is inextricably entangled with the body, cultured concepts of gender, religion, economics, and of course, life itself.
Drawing on previously unpublished archival sources, along with interviews with patients, providers, and activists, Kline traces key moments and movements in gynecological history, from the surgeons of the nineteenth century to the OB/GYNs of today. This powerful book reminds us that the pelvic exam is has never been "just" a medical procedure, and that we can no longer afford to let it remain unexamined.
Taking US law regarding pregnancy and breastfeeding as an entry point, the authors suggest changes in existing legislation and workplace policies that would incorporate menopause as well. More broadly, they push us to imagine how law can support a more equitable future.
A history of the old medical and philosophical traditions that influence the politics of women's health and reproductive autonomy today.
The stories of the pregnant workers featured in this book underscore the urgency of movements towards temporal justice and a new politics of care in the twenty-first century.
A groundbreaking exploration of a debilitating disorder that's underdiagnosed and misunderstood.
Blending sociology, reportage, and personal narrative with refreshing optimism and wit, Thornton has one overriding ambition--to liberate breasts from centuries of patriarchal prejudice.
