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Women & Madness

Phyllis Chesler

  • 359 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1972
  • 19 editions
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1 About this book

An examination of the female condition and what is called madness.

Good for readers who want: psychology and mental health.

  • Psychology
  • Mental health
  • Social psychology
  • Social Environment
  • Psychology, pathological
  • Women, mental health
  • Women, psychology
  • Women

2 About Phyllis Chesler

Born 1940

Phyllis Chesler (born October 1, 1940) is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). She is a second-wave feminist psychologist and the author of 20 books, including the best-sellers Women and Madness (1972), With Child: A Diary of Motherhood (1979), and An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir (2013).

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