Phyllis Chesler, author of eighteen books and thousands of articles and speeches, is also an emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at City University of New York, a psychotherapist, and an expert courtroom witness. She is cofounder of the Association for Women in Psychology and the National Women's Health Network, a charter member of the Women's Forum and the Veteran Feminists of America, and a founder and board member of the International Committee for the Women of the Wall. She lives in Manhattan.
Intense, rapid, brilliant. A pioneer contribution to the feminization of psychiatric thinking and practice. Adrienne Rich, New York Times Book Review Challenges the definition of madness itself. No serious future studies will be able to ignore its theories or its very existence. Gloria Steinem, Ms. Magazine A stunning book . . . absolutely fascinating . . . necessary to every woman in America. Los Angeles Times