Witches Midwives and Nurses : Ehrenreich and English [ Signed ]
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Early Edition of Noted Feminist History of Witchcraft and Medicine Witches, Midwives, and Nurses Signed By Co-Author Barbara Ehrenreich
Ehrenreich, Barbara and English, Deirdre. Glass Mountain Pamphlets No 1: Witches, Midwives, and Nurses A History of Women Healers. The Feminist Press. Old Westbury, NY. 1973. Second Edition, Second Printing. Signed.
An early printing of the seminal feminist study of women’s role in traditional healing modalities, focusing on witches, wise women, folk herbalists, and midwives, and tracing the rise of male dominated modern medicine out of the patriarchal persecution of the Witch Trials. This second edition, second printing copy of Witches, Midwives, and Nurses was signed by co-author Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022), a noted essayist and activist remembered for this text, her work for the Democratic Socialists of America, as well as the journalistic book Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by In America (2001).
45pp. Staple bound in printed card wraps. Corners bumped. Wear to spine ends and front fore corners. Toning to edges. Inscribed by author to title. Pen ownership signature to title. Some pencil underlining. Good.
If you enjoyed this book, you might also enjoy this first edition of an important collection of original pagan poems and hymns for modern practice, Spokes Of The Wheel, by self-described witch Seleneicthon. You might also enjoy this copy of the Record of the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, chronicling the trials and tribulations of an early women’s voting rights organization.
