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[My new book] starts in 1960 with a woman named Lois Rabinowitz, who was evicted from Manhattan traffic court for attempting to pay a parking ticket while wearing slacks. This was... Continue »
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    When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present

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For Her Own Good 150 Years of the Expert

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
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ISBN:
9780385126519
With:
English, Deirdre
Author:
English, Deirdre
Author:
Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
Feminism & Feminist Theory
Subject:
Civil Rights
Subject:
Women's Studies - History
Subject:
Mother and child
Subject:
Women's rights
Subject:
Medical ethics
Subject:
Women's health services
Subject:
Maternal and infant welfare
Subject:
Women's rights -- United States -- History.
Subject:
Mother and child -- History.
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Copyright:
c197
Edition Number:
Anchor Books ed.
Edition Description:
Anchor Books
Series Volume:
v. 6
Publication Date:
June 1989
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.04x5.28x.90 in. .73 lbs.
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