What is the author's perspective in the nonfiction book, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses?

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses is written with an academic perspective. As such, there is no character to guide the narrative and the authors themselves are also relatively removed from the manuscript. While they do not appear as characters in the book, they are not entirely neutral in their treatment of the material; their feminist perspective is clear throughout through their tone and choice of language. The literary perspective of WMN is the third person, save for when historical characters are quoted directly and allowed to speak in their own words, as recorded in primary sources. At various times, particularly in the introduction and conclusion, Ehrenreich and English use the "we" pronoun in order to speak to all women and bring them together in a powerful and united collective. Unfortunately, because of the misogynistic nature of history, there are limited instances in which the primary sources record the voices and words of women, particularly lower-class women or women of color.