HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: AJPH.2007.132159v1 98/10/1741    most recent Submit a response View Shopping Cart Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Heather, S. Articles by Zeldes, K. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Heather, S. Articles by Zeldes, K. Related Collections Women's Health

Stephenson Heather, MA and Kiki Zeldes

Heather Stephenson is the editor of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause, and Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for A New Era. Kiki Zeldes develops content for and manages the Our Bodies Ourselves Web site, http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org. She was part of the editorial team for Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause, and Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for A New Era. Heather Stephenson is also with the Appalachian Mountain Club.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Anne Sweeney, Our Bodies Ourselves, 34 Plympton St, Boston, MA 02118 (e-mail: anne{at}bwhbc.org).

Working together informally, the core group of women who would later form the Boston Women's Health Book Collective wrote a book that would become the bible of women's health, selling more than 4 million copies. They also created an organization that would carry their mission forward. From the first newsprint edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, which became an underground sensation, to the brand new book, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth, released in March 2008, the group has educated women and men, critiqued the medical system, examined inequalities based on gender, race, sexual orientation, class, and other categories, and urged readers to move from individual self-help to collective action promoting social policies that support the health of women and communities.