Women's health movement in the 1970s Women in medicine

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while scholars in history of medicine had developed study of women in field—biographies of pioneering women physicians common prior 1960s—the study of women in medicine took particular root advent of women s movement in 1960s, , in conjunction women s health movement. 2 publications in 1973 critical in establishing women s health movement , scholarship women in medicine: first, publication of our bodies, ourselves in 1973 boston women s health collective, , second, witches, midwives, , nurses: history of female healers , short paper barbara ehrenreich , deirdre english in 1973. ehrenreich/english paper examined history of women in medicine professionalization of field excluded women, particularly midwives, practice. ehrenreich , english later expanded work full-length book, own good, connected exclusion of women practice of medicine sexist medical practices; text , our bodies, ourselves became key texts in women s health movement. english/ehrenreich text laid out insights professionalization of medicine , exclusion of women profession, , numerous scholars, such diana elizabeth long, have built upon , expanded work.