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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 51
T2  - Acta Philologica (Warsaw)
SP  - 29-38
ID  - bbbo579
T1  - "'Doctor She': Women Practicing Medicine in Renaissance England and Their Representation in the Drama of Shakespeare"
AU  - Szwach, Agnieszka
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2026
KW  - Helena, herbal, medicine, healing, women
LA  - English
AB  - Describes early modern English women who kept herbals, notably Lady Margaret Hoby and Lady Grace Mildmay, comparing them to Helena from All's Well that Ends Well. Shows how Hoby and Mildmay "stressed the religious oblication to utilize talents," whereas Helena, of a lower social class, presents herself as "a mere tool of divine intervention." English summary 29.
ER  -