Massie L
Int Hist Nurs J. 1995 Autumn;1(2):39-51.
The history of women's role in the care of mentally ill people is relatively unchartered territory. Women were involved in mental health care in a variety of ways and at the beginning of the 19th century they could operate in capacities equal in status to those of men. Social policies which gave legal backing to medical authority; the rise of medical professionalism, which until the last quarter of the century excluded women; the Victorian ideology which fixed women in a subservient role, all served to ensure that their contribution to the care of mentally ill people was subordinate to that of men. This was reflected in the duties they undertook and their rates of pay, which were always less than those of men.
女性在照顾精神疾病患者方面所扮演角色的历史，相对而言是一个未知领域。女性以多种方式参与到精神卫生保健中，在19世纪初，她们能够以与男性地位相当的身份开展工作。给予医疗权威法律支持的社会政策；医学专业化的兴起，在该世纪的最后四分之一之前将女性排除在外；将女性固定在从属角色的维多利亚时代意识形态，所有这些都确保了她们对精神疾病患者护理的贡献从属于男性。这反映在她们承担的职责以及薪酬水平上，她们的薪酬总是低于男性。
