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Author: Sandra Morgen
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B000WNHIG4
Category: Medical

Into Our Own Hands: The Women's Health Movement in the United States, 1969-1990

"In Into Our Own Hands, Sandra Morgen shows us, not just how the women's health movement started, but how it weathered adversity. Download Into Our Own Hands medical books for free.
This book is important reading for everyone who cares about the future of women's health as defined by women themselves." --Cynthia A. Pearson, executive director, National Women's Health Network
"This is an analytically sophisticated and engaging contribution to our understanding of the feminist health movement."--Karen Brodkin, professor of anthropology and women's studies, UCLA
Recent history has witnessed a revolution in women's health care. Beginning in the late 1960s, women in communities across the United States challenged medical and male control over women's health. Few people today realize Get Into Our Own Hands our bestseller medical books.

Into Our Own Hands Download

This book is important reading for everyone who cares about the future of women's health as defined by women themselves." --Cynthia A. Pearson, executive director, National Women's Health Network
"This is an analytically sophisticated and engaging contribution to our understanding of the feminist health movement."--Karen Brodkin, professor of anthropology and women's studies, UCLA
Recent history has witnessed a revolution in women's health care Few people today realize

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