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Author:

Warsh, Cheryl Lynn Krasnick, 1957-

Title:

Prescribed norms : women and health in Canada and the United States since 1800 / Cheryl Krasnick Warsh.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 316 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women--History.--Canada--History.
Women--History.--United States--History.
Women's health services--Canada--History.
Women's health services--United States--History.
Women's Health--History--Canada.
Women's Health--History--United States.
Women's Health Services--History--Canada.
Women's Health Services--History--United States.
Femmes--Histoire.--Canada--Histoire.
Femmes--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.
Femmes--Histoire.--Canada--Histoire.
Femmes--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-303) and index.

Contents:

Part I, Rituals. Wendy's last night in the nursery : the "disease" of menstruation and its treatment ; Gladys, take your medicine! The culture and business of menopause -- Part II, Technologies. Traditional childbirth : mothers and babies ; Modern childbirth : mothers and doctors ; Future childbirth : doctors and babies -- Part III, Professions. Networks of support, networks of opposition : the medical education of women ; Nursing : the science of womanly arts -- Epilogue : the case for chaos.

ISBN:

1442603593 (bound)
9781442603592 (bound)
1442600616 (pbk.)
9781442600614 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)461551638

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)