Send us a textAuthor Alena Dillon joins us for this week’s mini to discuss the medical treatment of women and mothers and how it’s evolved over time. We’ll touch on hysteria, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and some of the things that surprised us about giving birth. Discussed in this episode: Eyes Turned Skyward by Alena DillonAmy SchumerMy Body Is a Big, Fat Temple by Alena DillonUnwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor CleghornTokology: A Book for Every Woman Alice B. StockhamLost Ladies of Lit episode on Ida B. Craddock with Amy SohnFor Her Own Good by Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English“Maternal Instinct is a Myth that Man Created” by Chelsea Conoboy (NYTimes)Lost Ladies of Lit episode with Rachel Vorona CotesToo Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cotes“Abortion was once common practice…” (NPR)“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins GilmanSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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