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OverviewWomen's medicine highlights British female doctors' key contribution to the production and circulation of scientific knowledge around contraception, family planning and sexual disorders between 1920-70. It argues that women doctors were pivotal in developing a holistic approach to family planning and transmitting it across borders, playing a more prominent role in shaping scientific and medical knowledge than previously acknowledged. Illuminating women doctors' agency in the male-dominated field of medicine, this book reveals their practical engagement with birth control and later family planning clinics in Britain, their participation in the development of the international movement and their influence on French doctors. Drawing on a wide range of archived and published medical materials, Rusterholz sheds light on the strategies British female doctors used and the alliances they made to put forward their medical agenda and position themselves as experts and leaders. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Caroline RusterholzPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.467kg ISBN: 9781526149121ISBN 10: 1526149125 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 01 December 2020 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Giving birth control medical credentials in Britain, 1920–70 2 Sexual disorders and infertility, expanding the work of the clinics 3 Medicalizing birth control at the international conferences (1920–37), a British–French comparison 4 Building a transnational movement for family planning 1927–70 5 Testing IUDs, a transnational journey of expertise Conclusion References Index -- .Reviews'This book ... fills important gaps in women’s history and the history of medicine and health and is an outstanding contribution to the history of contraception. The rich source base and meticulous documentation underpinning Rusterholz’s bold arguments make it a solid historiography, well organized and thus easy to follow. I therefore highly recommend Women’s Medicine.' Agata Ignaciuk, University of Granada, Journal of British Studies -- . 'This book ... fills important gaps in women's history and the history of medicine and health and is an outstanding contribution to the history of contraception. The rich source base and meticulous documentation underpinning Rusterholz's bold arguments make it a solid historiography, well organized and thus easy to follow. I therefore highly recommend Women's Medicine.' Agata Ignaciuk, University of Granada, Journal of British Studies -- . Author InformationCaroline Rusterholz is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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