Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens

“Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology” (2017)

Introduction. American Gynecology And Black Lives -- The Birth Of American Gynecology -- Black Women's Experiences In Slavery And Medicine -- Contested Relations: Slavery, Sex, And Medicine -- Irish Immigrant Women And American Gynecology -- Historical Black Superbodies And The Medical Gaze -- Afterword. Deirdre Cooper Owens. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.