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title: "Easily Accessible Birth Information: JoAnne Lindberg"
date: 2009-05-02T16:52:06-04:00
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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Easily Accessible Birth Information: JoAnne Lindberg

By Our Bodies Ourselves • May 2, 2009

Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above.

*From 2009 - 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women's health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women's health hero. View all nominees by year: [2009](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/womens-health-heroes-2009/), [2010](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/womens-health-heroes-2010/), [2011](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/womens-health-heroes-2011/)*  
  
**Entrant:** Nikki Demetriou, MSN, CNM, FNP-C  
  
**Nominee:** JoAnne Lindberg, President/Founder - Birthlink  
  
  
  
JoAnne stands out as a women's health care hero due to her creation of [BirthLink](http://www.birthlink.com/), a Chicago birth network. Many expectant parents are overwhelmed with questions regarding their birth options and BirthLink helps them to link up with providers who match their needs and philosophies. This network also helps to sustain the practices and livelihoods of these birth providers, and acts as a birth information resource easily accessible to anyone on the web.

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