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Tag: What’s hormones got to do with it? The medicalization of menopause in postwar America

  • What’s hormones got to do with it? The medicalization of menopause in postwar America

    Pavane Gorrepati Iowa City, Iowa, United States   An example of one of the many articles and advertisements published during this time in the Ladies’ Home Journal promulgating the use of hormone replacement therapy. Scott, J. (1946, 03). YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE MENOPAUSE. Ladies’ Home Journal, 63, 33-191. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1866674008?accountid=15172 Introduction From menstruation…