Our bodies ourselves in 1970, a group of women in the boston area selfpublished women and their bodies, a 193page booklet that dared to address sexuality and reproductive health, including abortion. Pregnancy and birth boston womens health book collective, norsigian, judy on. Pregnancy and birth different from all the other childbirth books on the shelves. There have been eight editions of our bodies, ourselves, as well as sequels such as our bodies, ourselves.
Our bodies, ourselves has long been referred to as the womens health bible. Pregnancy and birth by boston womens health book collective, judy norsigian at barnes. Book of abstracts european congress of radiology, volume. Our bodies, ourselves boston womens health book collective, norsigian, judy isbn. This may ring true through most of the chapters in this text. Boston womens health book collective, norsigian, judy. Our bodies, ourselves is a book about womens health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit organization our bodies ourselves originally called the boston womens health book collective. Our bodies, ourselves by the boston womens health book collective, claims to have served as a way for women, across ethnic, racial, religious and geographical boundaries, to start examining their health from a perspective that will bring about change. Pregnancy and birth are as ordinary and extraordinary as breathing, thinking, or loving. 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. Our bodies, ourselves 1973, by the boston womens health. The trusted editors of our bodies, ourselves, called a feminist classic by the new york times, present a comprehensive guide to pregnancy and childbirth, from prenatal care and emotional wellbeing to how to handle the pain of childbirth. Our bodies, ourselves for the new century by boston women.
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