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Our bodies, our selves : a course by and for women.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TECH HQ1426 .B695 1971
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boston Women's Health Course Collective, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Our bodies, ourselves.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Health and hygiene--Popular works.
- Women.
- Women--Psychology--Popular works.
- Sex--Popular works.
- Sex.
- Pregnancy--Popular works.
- Pregnancy.
- Childbirth--Popular works.
- Childbirth.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Feminism.
- Gynecology--Popular works.
- Gynecology.
- Abortion--Popular works.
- Abortion.
- Genre:
- Instructional and educational works.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumberd pages, 136 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Our bodies, ourselves : a course by and for women
- Women & their bodies
- Women and their bodies
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Published by Boston Women's Health Course Collective and New England Free Press, [not before April 1971]
- Contents:
- Course introduction
- Anatomy and physiology
- Sexuality
- Some myths about women
- Venereal disease
- Birth control
- Abortion
- Pregnancy
- Prepared childbirth
- Post partum
- Medical institutions
- Women, medicine, and capitalism.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "New printing of Women & their bodies."
- In this issue, cover price is 35¢. Inside of front cover is blank. First unnumbered page lists first and second printings, dated December 1970 and April 1971, respectively. The illustrations on pages 13, 18, and 19 depict nude women and men. The final paragraph on page 40 ("Birth Control") begins with "As we have begun ..." The section on abortion runs from pages 61 to 72 and the latest date referenced in the section is March, 1971 on page 66. The final page is blank and there is no "Letter from the Authors."
- "Copyright ©1971 by Boston Women's Health Course Collective"--Page [1].
- "Although most of the papers evolved through group discussions, the following people wrote up the papers: Anatomy and physiology--Nancy Hawley, Toni Randall, Abby Schwartz; Sexuality--Jane de Long, Ginger Goldner, Nancy London; Some myths about women--Joan Ditzion; Venereal disease--Fran Ansley; Birth control--Pam Berger, Nancy Hawley, Abby Schwartz; Abortion--Carol Driscoll, Nancy Hawley, Betsy Sable, Wendy Sanford; Pregnancy--Jane Pincus, Ruth Ben; Prepared childbirth--Nancy Hawley; Post partum--Paula Doress, Esther Rome, Marty Ruedi; Medical institutions--Nancy Mann, Barbara Perkins; Women, medicine, and capitalism--Lucy Candib"--Page [2].
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Historic Technology, Science and Enterprise Collection
- OCLC:
- 1398480169
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