--- title: "Our Bodies Ourselves - Women's Health Heroes 2010" 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-2010" section: Blog Categories --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Our Bodies Ourselves - Women's Health Heroes 2010 [## Meet the New Inductees to the Women's Health Heroes Hall of Fame](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-new-inductees-to-the-womens-health-heroes-hall-of-fame)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-new-inductees-to-the-womens-health-heroes-hall-of-fame) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-new-inductees-to-the-womens-health-heroes-hall-of-fame) [## Giving Her Students a Gift of Independence: Jill Wood](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/giving-her-students-a-gift-of-independence-jill-wood)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/giving-her-students-a-gift-of-independence-jill-wood) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/giving-her-students-a-gift-of-independence-jill-wood) [## Citizen Activist: Margaret Flowers](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/citizen-activist-margaret-flowers)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/citizen-activist-margaret-flowers) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/citizen-activist-margaret-flowers) [## Tireless Advocate for Reproductive Justice: Lynn Jackson](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/tireless-advocate-for-reproductive-justice-lynn-jackson)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/tireless-advocate-for-reproductive-justice-lynn-jackson) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/tireless-advocate-for-reproductive-justice-lynn-jackson) [## Building Coalitions & Serving the County: Duchy Trachtenberg](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/building-coalitions-and-community-duchy-trachtenberg)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/building-coalitions-and-community-duchy-trachtenberg) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/building-coalitions-and-community-duchy-trachtenberg) [## A Beacon of Light: Katherine Stone](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-beacon-of-light-katherine-stone)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-beacon-of-light-katherine-stone) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-beacon-of-light-katherine-stone) [## Tireless Advocate for Women's Health: Wendy Chavkin](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/tireless-advocate-for-womens-health-wendy-chavkin)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/tireless-advocate-for-womens-health-wendy-chavkin) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/tireless-advocate-for-womens-health-wendy-chavkin) [## Reaching Out to Those with Fibromyalgia: Sharon Ostalecki](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reaching-out-to-those-with-fibromyalgia-sharon-ostalecki)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reaching-out-to-those-with-fibromyalgia-sharon-ostalecki) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reaching-out-to-those-with-fibromyalgia-sharon-ostalecki) [## Helping Others with Health and Wellness: Angela Shipp](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/helping-others-with-health-and-wellness-angela-shipp)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/helping-others-with-health-and-wellness-angela-shipp) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/helping-others-with-health-and-wellness-angela-shipp) [## Comforting Those with Fertility Challenges: Jenni Saake](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/comforting-those-with-fertility-challenges-jenni-saake)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/comforting-those-with-fertility-challenges-jenni-saake) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/comforting-those-with-fertility-challenges-jenni-saake) [## Providing Sexual Health Info: Promotoras de la Salud Sexual Community Educators](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/providing-sexual-health-info-promotoras-de-la-salud-sexual-community-educators)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/providing-sexual-health-info-promotoras-de-la-salud-sexual-community-educators) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/providing-sexual-health-info-promotoras-de-la-salud-sexual-community-educators) [## The Guiding Force in Perinatal Education in Canada: Kathie Lindstrom](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-guiding-force-in-perinatal-education-in-canada-kathie-lindstrom)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-guiding-force-in-perinatal-education-in-canada-kathie-lindstrom) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-guiding-force-in-perinatal-education-in-canada-kathie-lindstrom) [## Providing Safe, Supportive Space for a Friend: Emily Boyes-Watson](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/providing-safe-supportive-space-for-a-friend-emily-boyes-watson)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/providing-safe-supportive-space-for-a-friend-emily-boyes-watson) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/providing-safe-supportive-space-for-a-friend-emily-boyes-watson) [## Helping Incarcerated Mothers: Marianne Bullock and Lisa Andrews](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/helping-incarcerated-mothers-marianne-bullock-and-lisa-andrews)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/helping-incarcerated-mothers-marianne-bullock-and-lisa-andrews) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/helping-incarcerated-mothers-marianne-bullock-and-lisa-andrews) [## Leading the Charge Against Lung Cancer: Diane Legg](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/leading-the-charge-against-lung-cancer-diane-legg)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/leading-the-charge-against-lung-cancer-diane-legg) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/leading-the-charge-against-lung-cancer-diane-legg) [## Exploring the Safety of Breast Implants: Carol Ciancutti](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/exploring-the-safety-of-breast-implants-carol-ciancutti-leyva)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/exploring-the-safety-of-breast-implants-carol-ciancutti-leyva) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/exploring-the-safety-of-breast-implants-carol-ciancutti-leyva) [## Feeding Massachusetts: Project Bread](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/feeding-massachusetts-project-bread)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/feeding-massachusetts-project-bread) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/feeding-massachusetts-project-bread) [## Educational and Cutting Edge: RH Reality Check](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/educational-and-cutting-edge-rh-reality-check)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/educational-and-cutting-edge-rh-reality-check) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/educational-and-cutting-edge-rh-reality-check) [## Saving and Changing Lives: Eugenia Lopez 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