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  • Our Bodies Ourselves>Women's Health Heroes 2010

Social Justice Activist: Rita Arditti

April 20, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Champion to Homeless Women and Children: Dr. Roseanna Means

April 20, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Nurse, Mother & Friend: Kathleen Ward

April 20, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Teaching Midwives Sensitivity and Patience: Laura Zeidenstein

April 19, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Canadian Abortion Rights Activist: Norma Scarborough

April 19, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Saving a Friend’s Life: National Network of Abortion Funds

April 19, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Activist, Researcher and Educator: Karen M. Hicks

April 19, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Ohio Campus Organizer: Shirley Kailas

April 17, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

A Reluctant Hero: Betsy Ryan

April 15, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

The Power of Female Beauty: Dr. Nick Karras and Dr. Sayaka Adachi

April 15, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

A Midwife for All Women: Whitney Pinger

April 15, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Raising the Volume of Women’s Voices: Lorenza Holt

April 14, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Giving Survivors a Voice: Maggie Ginsberg Schutz

April 12, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Solar-Powered Solutions for Childbirth: Dr. Laura Stachel

April 12, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Fighting Cervical Cancer Around the World: John Varallo

April 6, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi

April 5, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

A True Gem: Rachel Lloyd

April 1, 2010

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Who’s Your Health Hero? Nominations Open April 1 for OBOS Women’s Health Heroes Awards

March 31, 2010

When Our Bodies Ourselves launched the Women’s Health Heroes Awards in 2009, we didn’t anticipate the outpouring of essays and videos we…