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By Our Bodies Ourselves • October 1, 2011

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.

**by Whitney Pinger**  
  
As a young teen in the 1970s, OBOS taught me that women's health was ours, and that we did not have to give up or strength and power.  
  
I learned that midwives are the guardians of normal and natural birth and that is what I have come to incarnate.  
  
I have been learning to be a midwife since I opened my first copy of OBOS ... my journey took me many places but I am now the Director of Midwifery at The George Washington University.  
  
I was an [OBOS Women's Health Hero](/2010/04/a-midwife-for-all-women-whitney-pinger/ "2010 Women's Health Heroes") in 2010.  
  
My entire life has flowed from OBOS.  
  
*In this series, readers [tell their stories](/history/reading-our-bodies-ourselves/ "Reading Our Bodies, Ourselves") about their experiences with the book and its impact on their lives. [View more stories](/category/our-bodies-ourselves/readers-stories/).*

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