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Our bodies, ourselves : a book by and for women

Discusses the many roles of women and the choices open to them. Includes detailed treatment of feminine hygiene.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon and Schuster, [1976]
Edition:2nd edition, completely revised and expanded /
Subjects:
Women > United States.
Women > Psychology.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Women > Diseases.
Gynecology.
Self-perception.
Gynecology
Self Concept
Women
Women's Health
Sexual Behavior
Women > psychology
Femmes > États-Unis.
Femmes > Psychologie.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène.
Gynécologie.
Perception de soi.
Femmes.
Femmes > Maladies.
women (female humans)
Women > Diseases
Self-perception
Women > Health and hygiene
Women > Psychology
United States
Frau
Vrouwen.
Gezondheid.
Women > United States
Popular works.
Popular works
Table of Contents:
  • Our changing sense of self / Joan Sheingold Ditzion
  • The anatomy and physiology of sexuality and reproduction / Esther R. Rome, with help from Jill Wolhandler and Abby Schwarz
  • Sexuality / Nancy Press Hawley, Elizabeth A. McGee and Wendy Coppedge Sanford
  • Living with ourselves and others: our sexual relationships / Paula Brown Doress and Nancy Press Hawley with help from Joan Sheingold Ditzion and Judy Norsigian
  • In Amerika they call us dykes / A Boston Gay Collective
  • Taking care of ourselves. I. Nutrition / Judy Norsigian; Women in motion / Janet Jones and Carol McEldowney; II. Glossary/examinations and tests / Judy Norsigian and Norma Meras Swenson
  • III. Common medical and health problems: traditional and alternative treatments / Judy Norsigian and Norma Meras Swenson
  • Rape / Judy Norsigian, with help from Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and Washington, D.C., Rape Crisis Center
  • Self-defense / Janet Jones and Carol McEldowney
  • Venereal disease / Esther R. Rome
  • Birth Control / Wendy Coppedge Sanford and Barbara Bridgman Perkins
  • Abortion / Wendy Coppedge Sanford, with help from Elizabeth McCord and Elizabeth A. McGee
  • Considering parenthood / Joan Sheingold Ditzion, with help from Ruth Davidson Bell, Wilma Vilunya Diskin, Paula Brown Doress [and others]
  • Childbearing unit. Introduction to chapters 13-15 / Jane Kates Pincus, Robbie Pfeufer
  • Pregnancy / Jane Kates Pincus, with help from Ruth Davidson Bell and Norma Meras Swenson
  • Preparation for childbirth / Ruth Davidson Bell, with help from Jane Kates Pincus, Norma Meras Swenson, Wendy Coppedge Sanford [and others]
  • Postpartum: after the baby is born / Wilma Vilunya Diskin and Paula Brown Doress, with help from Ruth Davidson Bell and Norma Meras Swenson
  • Some exceptions to the normal childbearing experience / Jane Kates Pincus and Barbara Eck Menning, with help from Susan Siroty and Ellen Bresnick
  • Menopause / Pamela Chernoff Berger and Judy Norsigian, with help from Marcia Kasabian and Wendy Coppedge Sanford
  • Women and health care. The American health care system / Mary Rollston Stern and Norma Meras Swenson
  • Choosing and using health and medical care / Norma Meras Swenson, with help from Jane Kates Pincus and Mary Rollston Stern
  • Coping, organizing and developing alternatives / Norma Meras Swenson, with help from Judy Norsigian and Jane Kates Pincus.