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title: "women's health history"
date: 2024-02-15T11:07:00-05:00
author: Grace Koch
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/womens-health-history"
section: Tags
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# women's health history

Ideas, understandings, experiences, and policies around women’s health have changed greatly over time. And many current struggles —and activist movements — have deep roots in the past. Knowing about the changes and continuities helps us better understand women’s health in the present as well.

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