2012 by Barbara Seaman and Laura Eldridge
Portions of this book appeared in For Women Only! 1999 by Gary Null and Barbara Seaman (Seven Stories Press).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Voices of the womens health movement / edited by Barbara Seaman; with Laura Eldridge.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-60980-445-9
1. WomenHealth and hygiene. 2. WomenHealth and hygieneHistory. I. Seaman, Barbara. II. Eldridge, Laura.
[DNLM: 1. Womens HealthUnited StatesCollected Works. 2. FeminismUnited StatesCollected Works. 3. FeminismhistoryUnited StatesCollected Works. 4. History, 19th CenturyUnited StatesCollected Works. 5. History, 20th CenturyUnited StatesCollected Works. 6. Womens HealthhistoryUnited StatesCollected Works. 7. Womens RightsUnited StatesCollected Works. 8. Womens RightshistoryUnited StatesCollected Works. WA 309]
RA564.85.V65 2012
362.1082dc22
2010016341
v3.1
Contents
Introduction
by Barbara Seaman with Laura Eldridge
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers
by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
Out of Conflict Comes Strength and Healing: Womens Health Movements
by Helen I. Marieskind
Aint I a Woman?
by Sojourner Truth
On Motherhood
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Why Elizabeth Isnt on Your Silver Dollar
by Barbara Seaman
Sylvia Bernstein Seaman (190095)
by Karen Bekker
Womens Health and Government Regulation: 18201949
by Suzanne White Junod
A My Name is Alice
by Jennifer Baumgardner
The Role of Advocacy Groups in Research on Womens Health
by Barbara Seaman and Susan F. Wood
Inside and Out: Two Stories of the Rumblings Beneath the Quiet
compiled by Suzanne Clores
Womens Health and Government Regulation: 19501980
by Suzanne White Junod
Sisterhood
by Gloria Steinem
Dear Injurious Physician
by Barbara Seaman
The Ultimate Revolution
by Shulamith Firestone
Looking Back on Our Bodies, Ourselves
edited by Joanna Perlman and Sarah J. Shey
Alice Wolfson
interview by Tania Ketenjian
Belita Cowan
interview by Tania Ketenjian
Helen Rodriguez-Trias
interview by Tania Ketenjian
A Is for Activism
by Byllye Avery
The Female Eunuch
by Germaine Greer
The Hite Report on Shere Hite: Voice of a Daughter in Exile
by Shere Hite
In Defense of Shere Hite
by Sarah J. Shey
DES Litigation
by Sybil Shainwald
In the Matter of Rosemarie Lewis: Women and the Corporatization of Contraception
by Andrea Tone
Racism, Birth Control, and Reproductive Rights
by Angela Y. Davis
Informed Consent
by Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
Julie Is Not a Statistic
by Barbara Seaman
Philip Corfman
interview by Tania Ketenjian
A Pill for Men
by Barbara Seaman
Norplant: The Contraception Youre Stuck With
by Barbara Seaman
Cycles of Hot and Cold: Trying to Learn Fertility Awareness in North America
by Katie Singer
If Men Could Menstruate
by Gloria Steinem
The Selling of Premenstrual Syndrome
by Andrea Eagan
No More T.O.M.
by Sara Germain
Childbirth in America
edited by Victoria Eng and Sonia Lander
The Cultural Warping of Childbirth
by Doris Haire
Motherhood
by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
In Which a Sensible Woman Persuades Her Doctor, Her Family, and Her Friends to Help Her Give Birth at Home
by Barbara Katz Rothman
How Late Can You Wait to Have a Baby?
by Barbara Seaman
How Science is Redefining Parenthood
by Barbara Katz Rothman
Having Anne
by Laura Yeager
Preface to With Child
by Ariel Chesler
Misconceptions
by Gena Corea
Determination
by Barbara Katz Rothman
Patenting Life: Are Genes Objects of Commerce?
by Barbara Katz Rothman and Ruth Hubbard
Geriatric Obstetrics: Oh, Baby!
by Carrie Carmichael
Bold Type: Childbirth Is Powerful
by Barbara Findlen
Arlene Eisenberg
interview by Tania Ketenjian
Lives: When One Is Enough
by Amy Richards, as told to Amy Barrett
Hate Mail
by Amy Richards
Love, Mom: A Mothers Journey from Loss to Hope
by Cynthia Baseman
Is This Any Way to Have a Baby?
by Barbara Seaman
Yes, We Have No Bambinos
by Molly Haskell
Dr. Spocks Advice to New Mothers
by Alix Kates Shulman
Lovely Me
by Barbara Seaman
My Mothers Death: Thoughts on Being a Separate Person
by Judith Rossner
Take the Blame off Mother
by Paula J. Caplan
The Madonnas Tears for a Crack in My Heart
by Audrey Flack
Breastfeeding Revisited
by Margot Slade
Moms in Dark about OTC Drugs, Survey Shows
by Frances Cerra Whittelsey
The Baby Contract
by Susan Jordan
Monster Mommies
by Erica Jong
An Adopted Daughter Meets Her Natural Mother
by Betty Jean Lifton
What Do You Love about Being a Lesbian Mom?
by Catherine Gund
On Becoming a Grandmother
by Francine Klagsbrun
Flashback: A History of Menopause
by Laura Eldridge
The Changing Years
by Madeline Gray
Promise Her Anything, but Give Her Cancer: The Selling of ERT
by Barbara Seaman
Exploding the Estrogen Myth
by Barbara Seaman
The Bitter Pill
by Leora Tanenbaum
A Friend Indeed: The Grandmother of Menopause Newsletters
by Sari Tudiver
The Truth about Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Break Free from the Medical Myths of Menopause
by the National Womens Health Network
On Aging
by Joan Ditzion
Needless Hysterectomies
by Marcia Cohen
So, Youre Going to Have a New Body!
by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Keeping All Your Eggs in One Basket
by Barbara Seaman
I Am Roe
by Norma McCorvey
The Jane Collective
by Pauline Bart
The Abortion
by Alix Kates Shulman
Starting the New York Abortion Access Fund: Grassroots Activism on Abortion Rights, from Vision to Reality
by Irene Xanthoudakis and Lauren Porsch
Sappho Was a Right-On Woman
by Sidney Abbott and Barbara Love
Putting Lesbian Health in Focus
by Vivien Labaton
Lesbian Health Gains Long Due Attention from Institute of Medicine
by Amy Allina
Look Both Ways
by Jennifer Baumgardner
Womens Health/Transgender Health: Intersections
by Lauren Porsch
Why Would a Girl Go into Medicine?
by Margaret A. Campbell
A Woman in Residence
by Michelle Harrison