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Page 1: History of the women’s health movement
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Key Organizations1970-Boston Women’s Health Collective

publishes Our Bodies, Ourselves1971-Feminist Women’s Health Centers1973-Committee to End Sterilization Abuse1975-National Women’s Health Network1981-National Black Women’s Health Project

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Ideology of the Grassroots Feminist Health MovementKnowledge

Critique medicalizationFavor “evidence based medicine”

Empowerment/Authority

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Ideology of the Grassroots Feminist Health MovementConsciousness raising groups

“the personal is political”

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Ideology of the Grassroots Feminist Health MovementLay leadershipRefuse corporate sponsorship

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ResultsIncreased awareness of women’s health

issuesResearch FundsResearch Participation Parity

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Results1990-Office of Research on Women’s Health

(NIH)1991-Office on Women’s Health (U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services)1993-NIH Revitalization Act

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Professionalization$$$$$$$Often disease/issue specific