--- title: "Our Bodies Ourselves - Women's Health Heroes 2009" date: 2023-07-24T16:33:00-04:00 author: Eva Parker Passalacqua canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/our-bodies-ourselves-womens-health-heroes-2009" section: Blog Categories --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Our Bodies Ourselves - Women's Health Heroes 2009 [## Meet the 2009 Women's Health Heroes](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-2009-womens-health-heroes)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-2009-womens-health-heroes) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-2009-womens-health-heroes) [## A Socially Conscious Professor: Dr. Diana Flannery](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-socially-conscious-professor-dr-diana-flannery)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-socially-conscious-professor-dr-diana-flannery) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-socially-conscious-professor-dr-diana-flannery) [## Working for Child and Maternal Health: A.M.M. Samsad](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/working-for-child-and-maternal-health-amm-samsad)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/working-for-child-and-maternal-health-amm-samsad) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/working-for-child-and-maternal-health-amm-samsad) [## Upholding the Highest Standard of Care: Sheri Skalsky](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/upholding-the-highest-standard-of-care-sheri-skalsky)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/upholding-the-highest-standard-of-care-sheri-skalsky) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/upholding-the-highest-standard-of-care-sheri-skalsky) [## HIV/AIDS Adovcate: Cynthia Callahan](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hivaids-adovcate-cynthia-callahan)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hivaids-adovcate-cynthia-callahan) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hivaids-adovcate-cynthia-callahan) [## Dedicated to Helping the Underserved: Sabrina Matoff-Stepp](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dedicated-to-helping-the-underserved-sabrina-matoff-stepp)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dedicated-to-helping-the-underserved-sabrina-matoff-stepp) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dedicated-to-helping-the-underserved-sabrina-matoff-stepp) [## She Has Given the World Three Great Gifts: Mary Lou Ballweg](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/she-has-given-the-world-three-great-gifts-mary-lou-ballweg)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/she-has-given-the-world-three-great-gifts-mary-lou-ballweg) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/she-has-given-the-world-three-great-gifts-mary-lou-ballweg) [## Easily Accessible Birth Information: JoAnne Lindberg](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/easily-accessible-birth-information-joanne-lindberg)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/easily-accessible-birth-information-joanne-lindberg) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/easily-accessible-birth-information-joanne-lindberg) [## Steadfast Determination to Help Women: Katherine Winkler](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/steadfast-determination-to-help-women-katherine-winkler)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/steadfast-determination-to-help-women-katherine-winkler) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/steadfast-determination-to-help-women-katherine-winkler) [## 20 Years at Maternity Care Coalition: JoAnne Fischer](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/20-years-at-maternity-care-coalition-joanne-fischer)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/20-years-at-maternity-care-coalition-joanne-fischer) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/20-years-at-maternity-care-coalition-joanne-fischer) [## Creating More Fulfilling Lives: Susan Corrado](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/creating-more-fulfilling-lives-susan-corrado)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/creating-more-fulfilling-lives-susan-corrado) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/creating-more-fulfilling-lives-susan-corrado) [## Winner in My Eyes: Jeanette Preston](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/winner-in-my-eyes-jeanette-preston)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/winner-in-my-eyes-jeanette-preston) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/winner-in-my-eyes-jeanette-preston) [## Inspiring a New Generation of Caregivers: Abby Howe-Heyman](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/inspiring-a-new-generation-of-caregivers-abby-howe-heyman)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/inspiring-a-new-generation-of-caregivers-abby-howe-heyman) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/inspiring-a-new-generation-of-caregivers-abby-howe-heyman) [## A Wealth of Knowledge: Whitney Pinger](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-wealth-of-knowledge-whitney-pinger)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-wealth-of-knowledge-whitney-pinger) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-wealth-of-knowledge-whitney-pinger) [## Fighting 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