title: Education is power, and to many this is undesirable in nurses.
abstract: Stella Backhouse (Reflections July 17) highlights the age-old fear of the educated woman. Girls and women are oppressed in many countries by being denied access to education.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fulstow
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011049:Social Control Policies