L’erba delle donne
This book contains eleven studies on the history of women in the defense of health, demonstrating how, even if the ruling class has historically used academic medicine, huge masses, underpowered and over-exploited…
Accabadora
In 2009, Sardinian writer Michela Murgia, -an extremely original writer and often politically provocative figure, with a sustained commitment to women’s issues and to the traditions of her birthplace, Sardinia-, wrote her widely acclaimed book Accabadora.
The Midwives of Seventeenth-century London
Another book arrived by post for the Midwif collection, The Midwives of Seventeenth-century London by Doreen Evenden. Quickly flipping through, I noticed two appendices which are midwives’ oaths.