Unwell Women

Unwell Women (2021) traces the historical misunderstanding and misdiagnosis of women’s bodies throughout medical history. Drawing from historical research. it reveals how medical knowledge has been shaped by gender bias and chronicles the stories of women who have challenged and transformed medical orthodoxy.

• Medical professionals who want to understand historic and current biases
• Women with chronic illnesses struggling to be heard in clinical settings 
• Feminists ready to unravel the patriarchal history of medicine

Elinor Cleghorn is a British feminist cultural historian and author who completed her PhD in humanities and cultural studies at London Consortium (Birkbeck) before turning her academic focus to medical history and gender studies. After her own experience with misdiagnosed lupus led her to research the history of gender bias in medicine, she wrote her debut book, Unwell Women, which became an international best seller and has established her as a leading voice in discussions about gender bias in healthcare.