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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

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I‘ll bet you‘ve never heard of Mrs. Elizabeth Packard. Although her story is quite dramatic, she‘s not in history books. And, if her husband Theophilus had anything to say about it, she would have lived out her days in an asylum for the insane. Yet, she was quite sane. Combines biography, social history with feminist perspective before her time.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Daisey I‘m so looking forward to reading this one! I just need to find time. 4y

Jgotham I almost picked this up over this week. Looks so good 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Daisey And I obviously need to find some time for Litsy! Hope you enjoy this book whenever you get to it. 🤓 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Jgotham It‘s definitely worth it! 3y

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures | Anne Fadiman

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Excellent book about the Hmong (pronounced MUNG), their history and emigration to the US after the Vietnam War. Also about one Hmong family‘s experience with the US medical system. And why medically related cultural sensitivity and accommodation makes a huge difference for everyone involved. Maddening but inspiring.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle I read this for one of my college classes years ago - absolutely fascinating 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Librarybelle Yes, it is. I appreciated the updates in her 25th anniversary epilogue as well. Medical schools and major hospitals are doing better, but we still have so far to go! 4y

DivineDiana This sounds fascinating. Stacked. 4y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @DivineDiana It is. I also learned that there are quite a lot of Hmong living in Lancaster County near me. The semi-rural nature of our area drew them from bigger nearby cities. 4y

DivineDiana @BarbaraTheBibliophage Now, I am even more interested! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @DivineDiana Hope you appreciate it as much as I did! 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds very interesting! Stacking! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think you‘ll like it! 4y

MallenNC Read this years ago and heard a lecture by Anne Fadiman. I still think about the book! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @MallenNC I‘m sure I‘ll still think about this one for years to come! 4y

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