Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers | Glasgow Women’s Library Collections

Front cover: Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers; Ehrenreich, Barbara and English, Deirdre; 1976; 0 904613 24 0; GWL-2023-31-3

Back cover: Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers; Ehrenreich, Barbara and English, Deirdre; 1976; 0 904613 24 0; GWL-2023-31-3

Name/TitleWitches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers

MakerEhrenreich, Barbara and English, Deirdre

Maker RoleAuthor

About this objectSlim paperback book titled 'Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers', written by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English with an introduction by Sheila Rowbotham. Priced 65p. The contents are:

- Introduction
- Preface
- Witchcraft and Medicine in the Middle Ages
- Women and the rise of the Medical Profession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography

Partly digitised (23 pages incl. introduction and preface)

Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper

MeasurementsH: 198 x W: 130 x D: 4 mm

Date Made1976

Period1970s

Place MadeEngland, London

Place NotesWriters and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 14 Talacre Road, London NW5 3PE

PublisherWriters and Readers Publishing Cooperative

Publication Date1976

Publication PlaceEngland, London

PublisherFeminist Press

Publication PlaceUSA, New York, Old Westbury

Subject and Association KeywordsHealing

Subject and Association Keywordsmidwifery & childbirth

Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare

Subject and Association KeywordsWitchcraft

Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library

Object TypeBook

ISBN/ISSN0 904613 24 0

Object numberGWL-2023-31-3

Spine LabelWITCHES, MIDWIVES AND NURSES A History of Women Healers