Medical Treatment of Women and Mothers with Alena Dillon

Author 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 Dillon Amy Schumer My Body Is a Big, Fat Temple by Alena Dillon Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn Tokology: A Book for Every Woman Alice B. Stockham Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Ida B. Craddock with Amy Sohn For 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 Cotes Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cotes “Abortion was once common practice…” (NPR) “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Support the show For episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.com Discuss episodes on our Facebook Forum. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Follow Kim on twitter @kaskew. Sign up for our newsletter: LostLadiesofLit.com Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast