Dianne Dodd

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Caring and Curing

Historical Perspectives on Women and Healing in Canada

This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained … ; 231 View
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Introduction

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This collection of articles on women and health care in Canada from the 1880s to the present, which grew out of the 1991 University of Ottawa Hannah Lecture Series, contributes to an … ; 15 $1.65 Add
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Helen MacMurchy: Popular Midwifery and Maternity Services for Canadian Pioneer Women

From: Caring and Curing

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Over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, male medical practitioners successfully asserted control over more and more aspects of the traditional mothering role. The … 26 $2.86 Add