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Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause was published in 2006, [13] and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth in 2008. [14] The Boston Women's Health Book Collective earlier produced Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: A Book For Teens on Sex and Relationships [ 15 ] and The New Ourselves, Growing Older: Women Aging with Knowledge and Power .
Esther Rachel Rome (née Seldman; September 8, 1945 – June 24, 1995) was an American women's health activist and writer. She was part of group of 12 women who co-founded the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (now called Our Bodies, Ourselves), and wrote a widely published book called Women and Their Bodies that was updated and expanded over time.
By 1973, 350,000 copies of the retitled Our Bodies, Ourselves had been sold without any formal advertising. [41] As a result of their success, the women formed the non-profit Boston Women's Health Book Collective (which now goes by the name Our Bodies Ourselves) and published the first 276-page Our Bodies, Ourselves in 1973.
Norma Meras Swenson (born 1932) is an activist, a medical sociologist and a leader in the developing woman's health movement.She co-founded the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (BWHBC), and co-authored with the Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves (OBOS), and served as president of the OBOS nonprofit organization for several years.
Foxfire Books series, from the magazine of the same name, popular with the 1970s back-to-the-land movement; Steal this book, by yippie Abbie Hoffman, 1971, a guide to living with little or no money, and to living outside the rules of establishment culture; Our Bodies, Ourselves, by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1973
Nancy Miriam Hawley is an activist and feminist who contributed to the founding of Our Bodies, Ourselves.She also serves as a co-author of Ourselves and Our Children, [1] and a publisher of You and Your Partner, Inc: Entrepreneurial Couples Succeeding in Business, Life and Love, in which she teamed up with her husband to publish. [2]
For many people, reaching their mid-40s may bring unpleasant signs the body isn’t working as well as it once did. Injuries seem to happen more frequently. Muscles may feel weaker.
Also featured in the documentary are the authors of the landmark feminist book Our Bodies, Ourselves and ex-members of the underground abortion organization the Jane Collective. [10] The documentary ends with coverage of the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality and the lasting accomplishments of the movement. [7]