Born of the womens liberation movement of the 1960s, our bodies, ourselves was written from a feminist and leftist political perspective by women who believed that all women need full and. Our bodies, ourselves by boston women s health book collective. Please note that as of june 2018 obos is no longer able to update our health content. Our bodies, ourselves is the resource that women of all ages turn to for information about their bodies, sexuality, and reproductive health.
Written and carefully researched by the boston womens health collective, a nonprofit organization committed to education about women and health, the book candidly discusses a variety of issues concerning womens health and their bodies. Judy norsigian is the executive director of our bodies ourselves. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The boston womens health book collective, also known as the our bodies, ourselves collective. An early cover of the womens health book our bodies, ourselves, published by the boston womens health book collective. Our bodies, ourselves, the revolutionary feminist health. Our bodies, ourselves 1973, by the boston womens health. The boston womens health book collective, also known as the our bodies, ourselves collective, is a feminist group that created our bodies, ourselves. Their mission is to empower women by providing information about health. The boston women s health book collective now known as our bodies ourselves is a nonprofit organization founded in 1969. Oct 04, 2011 the boston women s health book collective now known as our bodies ourselves is a nonprofit organization founded in 1969 whose board members include teresa heinz kerry, susan love, and gloria steinem. Itwas hailed as the bible of womens health and has since been translated and adapted into more than 25 languages. Our bodies, ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources pulled from coops of women in and around boston, massachusetts, was published in new york in 1973 by simon and schuster.
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Our bodies ourselves is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization focused on women s health. A and for women paperback march 31, 1976 by boston womens health book collective editor. The collective formed at the peak of the womens movement in boston. We aim to combine women s personal stories with reliable, uptodate health information, while examining the social and political influences on women s health and wellbeing. Book and web content contributors our bodies ourselves. Over the years, hundreds and hundreds of people primarily women have participated in creating content that reflects a wide range of womens experiences. Published by new england free press, the book put womens health in a radically new political and social context and quickly became an underground success, selling 250,000 copies, mainly by wordofmouth. Our bodies, ourselves, the revolutionary feminist health book. Our bodies, ourselves is a book about women s health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit organization our bodies ourselves originally called the boston women s health book collective. The original founding members of our bodies ourselves formerly boston womens health book collective our bodies, ourselves. The boston womens health book collective now known as our bodies ourselves is a nonprofit organization founded in 1969. Click on a topic below to read excerpts from our books and content developed for our website.
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Boston womens health book collective harvard library. A course was reprinted in 1971 under the name our bodies, our selves. The boston womens health collective wrote our bodies, ourselves to educate women about their own health and sexuality, topics rarely discussed openly at the time of its initial publication. In 1969, a small group of women in boston, frustrated by a lack of useful medical information, began to educate themselves and others about their bodies. Our bodies, ourselves boston womens health book collective, norsigian, judy on. Originally published in the winter 1999 edition of journal of the american medical womens association. Group behind landmark book for women struggles to survive. First edition italian translation and adaption of our bodies, ourselves.
Our bodies, ourselves, american book on womens health, first published in 1970 and followed by eight revised and updated editions, with the last appearing in 2011. Click to read more about our bodies, ourselves a new edition for a new era 35th anniversary edition by boston womens health book collective. This may ring true through most of the chapters in this text. Apr 10, 2018 the original founding members of our bodies ourselves formerly boston women s health book collective our bodies, ourselves in 1970, the collective published women and their bodies, a 193page. Our bodies, ourselves will stop printing new editions. This article offers a brief history of our bodies, ourselves, the landmark book about womens health and sexuality first published in 1970, as well as the boston womens health book collective, its author and sponsor of numerous womens health initiatives.