“[A work of] wit, wisdom and richness. . . . A grand tour of derangement, from matricide to anorexia.” —John Leonard, Harper’s This fascinating history

This brave and brilliantly researched intellectual history chronicles the relationship between women and mental illness since 1800, taking readers on a fascinat

Half a century after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by var

An intellectual history of the relationship between women and mental illness throughout the two past centuries examines the disorders of famous women, traces th