More Than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women's Health MovementIn 1948, the Constitution of the World Health Organization declared, “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Yet this idea was not predominant in the United States immediately after World War II, especially when it came to women’s reproductive health. Both legal and medical institutions—and the male legislators and physicians who populated those institutions—reinforced women’s second class social status and restricted their ability to make their own choices about reproductive health care. |
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More Than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women's Health Movement Jennifer Nelson Limited preview - 2015 |
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