Борьба за женское тело: Женщина-врач на грани закона и совести

"Borʹba za zhenskoe telo: Zhenshchina-vrach na grani zakona i sovesti" - zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a istorii͡a akusherki v Amerike XIX veka, vozvrashchavsheĭ zhenshchinam pravo raspori͡azhatʹsi͡a svoim telom - i poplativsheĭsi͡a za ėto. Annotat͡sii͡aProkurory i sudʹi, mediki i zhurnalisty, prostye grazhdane i chleny parlamenta: kazalosʹ, vsi͡a Amerika opolchilasʹ protiv znamenitoĭ madam Restell, kotorai͡a chetyre desi͡atiletii͡a otkryto okazyvala uslugi po kontrat͡sept͡sii i preryvanii͡u beremennosti v Viktorianskui͡u ėpokhu, kogda vse, chto kasaetsi͡a zhenskogo tela, userdno zamalchivalosʹ. Ee delo stalo pervym shagom dlitelʹnoĭ kampanii po kriminalizat͡sii abortov na territorii Shtatov: mnogie desi͡atiletii͡a do ėtogo prot͡sedura byla sovershenno legalʹnoĭ. Ėta kniga - ne tolʹko zanimatelʹnai͡a biografii͡a skandalʹnoĭ geroini gazetnykh stateĭ, debatov zakonodateleĭ i sudebnykh reportazheĭ, no i khronika borʹby za reproduktivnye prava i kolossalʹnoĭ moralʹnoĭ paniki, okhvativsheĭ Zapad. "Dli͡a nekotorykh zhiteleĭ Nʹi͡u-Ĭorka madam Restell olit͡setvori͡ala poroki rastushchikh gorodov i v t͡selom novoĭ seksualʹnoĭ i moralʹnoĭ kulʹtury Soedinennykh Shtatov. Restell nazyvala sebi͡a zhenshchinoĭ-vrachom, no ne poluchila medit͡sinskoe obrazovanie; vse bolʹshee chislo obrazovannykh spet͡sialistov khoteli, chtoby ona ushla iz professii. Ona preuspela v svoeĭ rabote v ėpokhu, kogda schitalosʹ, chto tolʹko muzhchiny mogli vesti dela. Vdobavok ko vsemu ona poluchala bolʹshui͡u pribylʹ i ne boi͡alasʹ ei͡u khvastatʹsi͡a. U nee ne umerla ni odna klientka, chem ne mogli pokhvalitʹsi͡a mnogie vrachi - zhenshchiny ili muzhchiny. I, nesmotri͡a na vozglasy tolpy, osuzhdavsheĭ ee dei͡atelʹnostʹ, rucheĭ klientov, prevrativshiĭsi͡a v reku, tikho i neuklonno stekalsi͡a k dveri͡am akusherki. Golosa, vystupavshie protiv nee, otlichalisʹ gromkostʹi͡u i mnogochislennostʹi͡u, no v ee zashchitu vystupali edinit͡sy. Poėtomu ona vzi͡ala vse v svoi ruki" (Nikolas L. Sirett). O knige• Maloizvestnyĭ, no ochenʹ vazhnyĭ ėpizod zapadnoĭ istorii. • Zlobodnevnai͡a tema i problemy, s kotorymi stalkivai͡utsi͡a zhenshchiny po vsemu miru do sikh por. • Biografii͡a smeloĭ zhenshchiny, kotorai͡a samostoi͡atelʹno vyuchilasʹ na akusherku v to vremi͡a, kogda professii͡a vracha schitalasʹ iskli͡uchitelʹno muzhskoĭ, i istorii prostykh zhitelʹnit͡s Nʹi͡u-Ĭorka, kotorym ona pomogala. • Khronika moralʹnoĭ paniki, okhvativsheĭ Ameriku v XIX veke. • I͡Arkoe neonovoe oformlenie i istoricheskie illi͡ustrat͡sii vnutri. • Nikolas L. Sirett - amerikanskiĭ istorik, professor Viskonsinskogo universiteta v Mėdisone, spet͡sialist po zhenskoĭ i gendernoĭ istorii. "Borʹba za zhenskoe telo: Zhenshchina-vrach na grani zakona i sovesti" - novoe slovo v nishe gendernoĭ istorii i prekrasnai͡a kniga v podarok dli͡a vsekh, kogo interesuet borʹba za politicheskie prava, feminizm, a takzhe istorii͡a media i zhurnalistiki.

"The Struggle for the Female Body: A Female Doctor on the Edge of Law and Conscience" is the fascinating story of a midwife in 19th-century America who restored women's right to control their bodies — and paid the price for it. Annotations by prosecutors and judges, doctors and journalists, ordinary citizens and members of parliament: it seemed that the whole of America turned against the famous Madame Restell, who openly provided contraception and abortion services for four decades in the Victorian era, when everything about the female body was diligently hushed up. Her case was the first step in a long-running campaign to criminalize abortion in the United States: for many decades before that, the procedure was completely legal. This book is not only an entertaining biography of the scandalous heroine of newspaper articles, legislative debates and court reports, but also a chronicle of the struggle for reproductive rights and the colossal moral panic that gripped the West. "For some New Yorkers, Madame Restell represented the vices of the growing cities and the generally new sexual and moral culture of the United States. Restell called herself a female doctor, but she did not receive a medical degree; an increasing number of educated professionals wanted her to leave the profession. She excelled at her job in an era when it was believed that only men could run businesses. On top of that, she was making a lot of profit and wasn't afraid to show it off. Not a single client of hers died, which many doctors, women or men, could not boast of. And despite the shouts of the crowd condemning her activities, a stream of clients turned into a river, quietly and steadily flocked to the door of the midwife. The voices opposing her were loud and numerous, but only a few spoke out in her defense. So she took matters into her own hands" (Nicholas L. Sirette). About the book• A little-known but very important episode of Western history. • A topical issue and issues that women around the world are still facing. • The biography of a brave woman who independently trained as a midwife at a time when the medical profession was considered exclusively male, and the stories of ordinary New Yorkers whom she helped. • A chronicle of the moral panic that gripped America in the 19th century. • Bright neon design and historical illustrations inside. Nicholas L. Sirette is an American historian, professor at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, and an expert on women's and gender history. "The Struggle for the Female Body: A Female doctor on the edge of Law and Conscience" is a new word in the niche of gender history and a wonderful book as a gift for anyone interested in the struggle for political rights, feminism, as well as the history of media and journalism.