DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century
From the 1940s to the 1970s, millions of women were exposed prenatally to the synthetic estrogen DES, a awonder druga intended to prevent miscarriages. However, DES actually had damaging consequences for the women born from DES mothers. The aDES daughtersa as they are known, were found to have a rare form of vaginal cancer or were infertile. They were also at risk for miscarriages, stillbirths, and ectopic pregnancies. In DES Daughters, Susan Bell recounts the experiences of this generation of avictims.a In moving, heartfelt narratives, she presents the voices of those women who developed cancer, those who were cancer-free but have concerns about becoming pregnant, and those who suffered other medical and/or reproductive difficulties. Bell examines the hierarchy of knowledge and power of scientists, doctors, and daughters, tracing the emergence of a feminist health movement. The aembodied knowledgea of these DES daughters prompted them to become advocates and form a social movement that challenged reproductive medical knowledge specifically, but also the politics of womenas health in general. Bellas important book chronicles the history and future of these grassroots activists born out of illness, suffering, and uncertainty.... des and breast cancer in des mothers and daughters, and animal research findingsaare available in pdF files from the ... the niehs, the U.s. public health servicesa#39; Office on Womena#39;s health, and the CdC. i attended the 1999 workshop and wrote ... 1999, the program also included an evening screening of A Healthy Baby Girl (helfand 1996). 44. ... in order to understand mechanisms involved in des-associated abnormalities and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (new- bold 2008, e55).
| Title | : | DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century |
| Author | : | Susan E. Bell |
| Publisher | : | Temple University Press - 2009-08-28 |
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