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title: "Book Nook: 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' + 40"
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Book Nook: 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' + 40

Newsday • October 28, 2011

> Imagine (or remember) being a young woman 40 years ago, when female doctors were almost unheard of and reliable information about women's bodies and sexuality was virtually nonexistent.  
>   
> Then came the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, written by 12 women who met at a women's liberation conference -- controversial inside and out, with its blatantly feminist cover boasting a "Women United" poster, and castigated by the likes of the Rev. Jerry Falwell (remember him?) because it encouraged women to explore their bodies (remember speculums?).

  
**Read the full story:** [Book Nook: 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' + 40](http://www.newsday.com/news/health/book-nook-our-bodies-ourselves-40-1.3280729) by Peggy Brown

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