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Our Bodies Ourselves***Educate Congress~
http://vimeo.com/57936023http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/
Looking Back At 40 Years Of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/04/our-bodies-ourselves-2011_n_982586.html
In the Beginning
“We didn’t even know we were starting anything,” said Doress-Worters, one of the original co-authors of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” The Boston Women’s Health Collective -- the group of women behind the book -- was born out of a workshop held at Emmanuel College in 1969 called “Women In Control of Our Bodies.”
"I was really excited by the conversation,” Doress-Worters said. “A lot of it came down to [the fact that] not only did we not have answers -- we didn’t know the questions to ask.” From these informal discussions, a collective vision was born.
Putting together the first edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” also had a profound effect on the personal development of Doress-Worters and Joan Ditzion, a clinical social worker and founding co-author of "Our Bodies, Ourselves." “[OBOS] just opened up doors for me,” Ditzion said. “We didn’t have our own notion of what female sexuality was [before].”
After the surprising success of the New England Free Press edition -- the publishers had initially been skeptical that anyone would pay 75 cents for a book on women's health -- the authors began getting offers from commercial publishers. In 1973, Simon & Schuster published the first commercial edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” The rest is history.
“We didn’t even know we were starting anything,” said Doress-Worters, one of the original co-authors of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” The Boston Women’s Health Collective -- the group of women behind the book -- was born out of a workshop held at Emmanuel College in 1969 called “Women In Control of Our Bodies.”
"I was really excited by the conversation,” Doress-Worters said. “A lot of it came down to [the fact that] not only did we not have answers -- we didn’t know the questions to ask.” From these informal discussions, a collective vision was born.
Putting together the first edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” also had a profound effect on the personal development of Doress-Worters and Joan Ditzion, a clinical social worker and founding co-author of "Our Bodies, Ourselves." “[OBOS] just opened up doors for me,” Ditzion said. “We didn’t have our own notion of what female sexuality was [before].”
After the surprising success of the New England Free Press edition -- the publishers had initially been skeptical that anyone would pay 75 cents for a book on women's health -- the authors began getting offers from commercial publishers. In 1973, Simon & Schuster published the first commercial edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” The rest is history.
It's Time, It's past Time!
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Educating themselves on Women's Health! 
Mahalo, For Educating me and others who didn't know about "Our Bodies, Ourselves", She! 
Great Vid~ 
Founders Of The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1975
This is what my first copy looked like!
They don't call us Boston Strong for nothing, Cha!
Women Strong!
Nada, she. You Bostonians got it goin' ON!
Women Strong!
Good times! Mahalo!
