Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. Complaints and Disorders : The Sexual Politics of Sickness. Old Westbury, NY: The Feminist Press, 1973.
First Ed. (210 x 140 mm) pp. 96. Tight, bright, and unmarried. Staplebound in color pictural printed wraps. black and white illustrations throughout. Overall VERY GOOD condition.
Glass Mountain Pamphlet No. 2
This pamphlet critiques how medicine has historically used "scientific" justifications to reinforce sexism, treating women as inherently weaker and pathological. Published as a follow-up to Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, it analyzes how medical practices like the "rest cure" and diagnoses of "hysteria" were used to justify discrimination in education, jobs, and public life, arguing that medicine reflects and supports societal biases rather than being purely objective.