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title: "Taking Our Maternal Bodies Back: Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective"
date: 2024-05-08T20:38:00-04:00
author: Missy Moyer
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Taking Our Maternal Bodies Back: Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective

By Robbie Pfeufer Kahn • SUNY Press • January 1, 1988

This article looks at the history and development of the text in "Our Bodies, Ourselves" from the 1970 edition to the 1984 edition. It focuses primarily on the content on pregnancy and birth, and how those chapters transitioned from reflecting the standard Western medical care of the day to embracing a fuller and more woman-centered perspective approach.

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