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
Ideology of the Grassroots Feminist Health MovementKnowledge
Critique medicalizationFavor “evidence based medicine”
Empowerment/Authority
Ideology of the Grassroots Feminist Health MovementConsciousness raising groups
“the personal is political”
Ideology of the Grassroots Feminist Health MovementLay leadershipRefuse corporate sponsorship
ResultsIncreased awareness of women’s health
issuesResearch FundsResearch Participation Parity
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
Professionalization$$$$$$$Often disease/issue specific