Beyond reproduction : women's health, activism, and public policy / Karen L. Baird ; with Dana-Ain Davis and Kimberly Christensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Karen L., 1961-

Contributor:

Davis, Dána-Ain, 1958-

Christensen, Kimberly, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Health and hygiene--United States.

Women.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beyond Reproduction examines the women's health movement of the 1990s and how activists achieved unprecedented policy changes in the areas of medical research, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and violence against women. It analyzes the composition, approach, strategies, and context of the women's health movement, specifying the many factors that led to these significant federal level policy changes. Beyond Reproduction enhances our understanding of women's movements, women's health movements, and other social movements and how, when, and why activists are able to produce substantial political change.

Contents:

Introduction : beyond reproduction : the women's health movement of the 1990s / Karen L. Baird

Protecting the fetus : the NIH and FDA medical research policies / Karen L. Baird

Vessels, vectors, and vulnerability : women in the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic / Kimberly Christensen

One in eight : the politics of breast cancer / Karen L. Baird

Rights and remedies : the public identity of violence against women / Dana-Ain Davis

Conclusion : beyond reproduction

and back again / Karen L. Baird.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8386-4338-8

OCLC:

694147633