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[https://www.press.jhu.edu/ John Hopkins University press Press] has published a new book by Susan E. Cayleff about the history of naturopathic healing entitled <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421419033/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1421419033&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=cca3095a2c9ae902342f3af1f4cf34c9 Nature's Path: A History of Naturopathic Healing in America]</i>. Her book is a comprehensive account of both the origins of the naturopathy and examination of the controversial views by held naturopathic practitioners such as anti-vivisection, anti-vaccination, and the dangers of processed foods, pharmaceuticals and environmental toxins. Interestingly, women played a role not just in the creation of naturopathy, but have been were critical to its development and survival into 21st century. Cayleff's book is important an intriguing addition to the medical and social history of the United States.
Advocates and practitioners of naturopathy came from a wide swath of alternative natural healers--this was at once a strength and a weakness for the movement. Benedict Lust welcomed all to claim the title of naturopath at first, but this diluted a stable definition and set of practices from emerging. Regular MDs, whose personal or professional “conversion experiences” inspired them, also joined the movement. Leaders in the anti-vivisection and anti-vaccination movements also embraced naturopathic philosophy and therapeutics. '''Did women play a large role in both practicing and advocating for naturopathic healing?''' Women co-created, co-led and benefitted immensely from the Naturopathic Movement. This has been true since its inception through the present day. Louisa Stroebele Lust embodied this most fully:she owned the Bellevue Sanatorium health retreat in New Jersey (1892) that offered natural healing methods; she authored the pivotal cook book <i>The Practical Naturopathic Vegetarian Cook Book</i> (1907), that charted nutritional advice so central to naturopathic living; she taught at the College, and wrote regular columns for the Naturopath and Herald of Health and other publications detailing women’s rights, responsibilities and unique powers to lead the movement—and their families. Louisa Stroebele, prior to her marriage to Benedict, had served as the personal assistant to Tennessee Claflin on three world tours. Claflin, along with her sister Victoria Woodhull were advocates of Free Love ideology and radical positions on women’s rights that they addressed regularly in their <i>Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly</i> (published intermittently, 1870-1876). Tennessee’s views on women’s rights, women’s sexual self-determination, ambivalence towards monogamous marriage, and the male sexual double standard that weakened and demoralized women all tremendously impacted her young protégée who had been raised in a conservative Catholic environment. The notorious sister’s financial tutelage at the hands of Cornelius Vanderbilt (who set the sisters up in the first female-owned stockbrokerage company on Wall Street) gave Louisa significant monies and savvy that she then invested in Bellevue, various movement endeavors, and ultimately used to spring from prison the dozens of naturopaths who had been arrested for “practicing medicine without a license.” Publicly, naturopaths’ writing condemned the sexual double standard of sexual morality, advocated for women’s suffrage, asserted women’s health should be the family’s first priority and counseled men to give women the power to control reproduction. In addition to Louisa , dozens of women, some trained and licensed naturopaths, others complementary sectarian healers, authored texts, wrote advice columns for female readers, served as faculty, and led the movement as officers in state, national and international organizations. In the present day (since the 1990s) female students constitute more than half of all Naturopathic medical school students; women are also ever-present in strong numbers as faculty, administrators and national, state and local leaders of the profession. '''By 1905, medical licensing (at least some of form it) had basically been implemented in almost every state. Did this force naturopathic healers to describe themselves as something besides doctors to avoid regulation?'''
[[File:BenedictLust.jpg|thumbnail|250px|Benedict Lust and Louisa Stroebele Lust founded naturopathy]]
The national office provides guides and lobby kits, along with an annual “DC Federal Legislative Initiative” to bring workshops on political leadership and lobbying tutorials to increase the reach of the profession. These efforts resulted in the federally-sanctioned national Naturopathic Medicine Awareness Week celebrated for the first time in 2013. The Affordable Care Act holds promise for naturopathy and other complementary and alternative medicines. Insurance reimbursement remains a key concern: without it, only those able to afford the services out of pocket can consult a practitioner. The irony of this for a movement that has labored for inclusivity is evident.
'''How would you recommend using your book in a history class? What type of classes would it be best suited for?'''
<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421419033/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=What surprised you the most when you were researching this topic?1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1421419033&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=:I have been blown away by the scope cca3095a2c9ae902342f3af1f4cf34c9 Nature’s Path]</i> can enhance curriculum in American history, Women’s Studies classes, health and vision of early healing and current day naturopaths and naturopathic medicinesocial change classes. It has been from its inception a radical vision advanced by a devoted band of eclectic firebrands who view health, life, self-determination The chapters and environmental integrity as interwoven. They have dared their detailed subheadings lend themselves to critique (and outright condemn) cultural “givens” such as animal experimentation, professionalization, vaccination (at a time when it was highly imperfect and unregulated for safety topical and effectiveness), AMA authority and profit-driven capitalists making decisions that affect the masseschronological insertion into course syllabi. Gender equity and social class consciousness This is a continuous theme: women have terrific text for faculty wanting to introduce not merely contributed only new content knowledge, but for those who want to naturopathygenerate analytic discussion about power relations, they have co-created it at all levels and their laborsgender equity, ideasinstitutional monopolies, analysis and skills have been openly recruited and deemed assets. Working people have the most courage to benefit-defy the norm and lose-from accessibility to health care prevention radical thinkers and affordability. Few other healing systems keep these factors in the forefront as naturopathy doespractitioners who dare chart their own vision.:
[[Category:While I wasn’t surprised by this, I was delighted to learn of recent initiatives to tailor health care for LGBTQ+ people, address environmental toxins, especially in low income and communities of colorMedical History]] [[Category:United States History]] [[Category:Interviews]][[Category:Women's History]] <div class="portal" style="width:85%; links with Green initiatives and a continued critique of dominant “truths” that so often injure so many">====Related DailyHistory.org Articles===={{#dpl:category=Medical History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=10}}
{{Mediawiki:===How would you recommend using your book in a history class? What type of classes would it be best suited for?===:Nature’s Path can enhance curriculum in American history, Women’s Studies classes, health and healing and social change classes. The chapters and their detailed subheadings lend themselves to topical and chronological insertion into course syllabi. This is a terrific text for faculty wanting to introduce not only new content knowledge, but for those who want to generate analytic discussion about power relations, gender equity, institutional monopolies, the courage to defy the norm and radical thinkers and practitioners who dare chart their own vision.:Medical History}}