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Women and gender studies scholar Jennifer Nelson says that neighborhood health centers created by civil rights and other New Left activists were the "intellectual, political, and practical experiential precedents," [6] for feminist health centers, which were one major result of the women's health movement.
Historically, women of color in the U.S. had to face sexism as well as racial prejudice which added to the barriers they experienced. As the 20th century progressed, women’s health became an important and integral part of the healthcare system within the U.S. Women’s rights activists pushed for more women-oriented healthcare facilities that could provide primary care for women.
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired Black Women's Health Activism in America, 1890-1950 (U Pennsylvania Press, 1995) Starr, Paul. The Social Transformation of American Medicine (Basic Books, 1982). very wide ranging history of American medicine. Teller, Michael . The Tuberculosis Movement : A Public Health Campaign in the Progressive Era (1988)
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was a series of clinical studies initiated by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1991, to address major health issues causing morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. It consisted of three clinical trials (CT) and an observational study (OS).
The book has been translated and adapted by women's groups around the world and is available in 33 languages. [3] Sales for all the books exceed four million copies. [4] The New York Times has called the seminal book "America's best-selling book on all aspects of women's health" and a "feminist classic". [5]
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She originally worked as a visiting nurse in the New York City's tenements and wrote about sex education and women's health. [190] In 1914, Sanger's articles in "The Woman Radical" brought her a federal indictment for violating the Comstock Act (which since 1873 had banned the mailing of birth control devices and information on birth control ...
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