Women as Healers: A History of Women and Medicine (Women in History) by Hilary Bourdillon

Women as Healers looks at the important and varied role women have played in medicine – as healers, midwives, doctors, nurses and campaigners – from ancient times to the present day. The author also discusses women’s struggle to become accepted on the same terms as men in the medical profession. Through a remarkable range of source material, some previously unpublished, the author unearths this hidden and neglected history.

Author: Bourdillon, Hilary