Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Images of Women and Drugs in Myth and History

Opium and the Victorian Imagination

Expatriates and Vagabonds

Mainline Ladies

Psychedelic Pioneers

Beats and Hippies

Choosers and Abusers

Shaman Women at the End of the Millennium

About the Author

Longtime drug historians, Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz are the directors of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, the nation’s largest private collection of drug literature. They are also the editors of Moksha: Aldous Huxley’s Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience. Mr. Horowitz is the editor of Timothy Leary’s Chaos and Cyberculture and a bibliography of his writings.

Reviews

"The richness of subjective materials is exquisite. Many drug researchers tend to forget that the subjective experience is the raison d'etre for drug use. Books like this one are an important counterbalance to the objective checklists of clincians. The book contains some of the best expositions of sensory detail this reviewer has ever read."
*Journal of Psychoactive Drugs*

"This lively introduction to a relatively neglected topic is recommended for larger public and academic libraries."
*William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY, Library Journal*

"It is amazingly complete. This book is an unfolding of layer after layer of experience. . . . a book for reference, for spiritual openings, for delight in reading."
*www.changes.org*

"An informative and engaging presentation of famous female authors who write about the drug experience."
*James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review*

“Sisters of the Extreme is a great collection and well worth a read, for those who like great literature and who are interested in Woman/Gender Studies.”
*Psychedelic Press UK, January 2013*