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Our bodies, our selves : a course by and for women.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HQ1426 .B69 1972
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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.
- feminism.
- Women--Psychology.
- Genre:
- Instructional and educational works
- Popular works
- Pamphlets.
- Instructional and educational works.
- Printed wrappers.
- Penn Provenance:
- University of Pennsylvania. Program for Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (donor) (
- Physical Description:
- [2], 70, 70a, 71-136, [2] 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 May, 1972]
- 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"--Cover.
- In this issue, cover price is 30¢. Inside of cover with a printed list of bulk order discounts. First unnumbered page does not enumerate printings. Second unnumbered page lists first through sixth printing (December, 1970-May, 1972). The illustrations on pages 13, 18, and 19 do not depict nude women and men. The final paragraph on page 40 ("Birth Control") begins with "The drug companies' cover-up ..." The section on abortion runs from pages 61 to 72, with a single page, numbered 70a, following page 70 and the latest date referenced in the section is October, 1971. Final two pages contain a letter from the authors regarding future publishing with Simon and Schuster, with a rebuttal from the New England Free Press following. The latest date referenced in the rebuttal is May, 1972 and the final paragraph is "People who use OBOS should know that the Health Colletive can still break their contract with S & S. Groups which will not be able to use the book at its inflated price should immediately protet the Collective's decision."
- "Copyright ©1971 by Boston Women's Health Course Collective"--Page [1].
- Page 70a appears between pages 70 and 71.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center HQ1426 .B69 1972 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by the Penn Program for Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies.
- OCLC:
- 1399438975
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