From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
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 r…
From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
From the Publisher: A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
"JEANNE FAULKNER has worked in women's health for 30 years, first in doctor's offices, free clinics, and classrooms and then as a registered nurse, specializing in obstetrics, labor and delivery, and neonatal care. She began her career as a journalist in 2002 and currently write…
Examining the pregnancy continuum in the U.S. military -- Contextualizing maternity experiences in the U.S. Armed Forces -- Hyperplanning pregnancies -- Performing macho maternity -- Negotiating postpartum policies -- Redefining military maternity -- Appendix A : research partic…
"In recent decades, the U.S. military has been on the vanguard of organizations implementing policies that increase maternity-related benefits. Despite these new policies, a so-called "pregnancy problem" continues to exist in the U.S. armed forces, wherein servicewomen are stigm…
"In recent decades, the U.S. military has been on the vanguard of organizations implementing policies that increase maternity-related benefits. Despite these new policies, a so-called "pregnancy problem" continues to exist in the U.S. armed forces, wherein servicewomen are stigm…
This book explores the historical evolution of such claims, and their relationship to the rise of women's movements and the emergence of welfare states in Western industrializing countries at the turn of the 19th century.