Lady Science no. 41

Stuck on the chaise lounge: The female subject in psychiatry from pathology to Prozac by Sophie Putka

Women Scribes: Technologists of the Middle Ages by Robert Davis

This month contributing writer Sophie Putka traces the history of depression in women in the 20th century. Contributing editor Robert Davis dispels popular assumptions that women did not contribute to intellectual life in the Middle Ages by showing how women participated in writing and scribal activity throughout the era. 

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This issue is published in syndication with The New Inquiry.

Image credit: Betty Draper (January Jones) in session with Dr. Arnold Wayne on Mad Men