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Women's Health Movements

In: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
Edited by: Jodi O'Brien
Subject:Sociology of Gender
Keywords:women's health activism; women's health movements

Gender and health are intimately connected and have inspired grassroots organizing for centuries. This entry describes periods of women's health activism in the United States between the 1830s and 1990s, locates women's health in a global perspective, and examines the emergence ...

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  O'Brien, J. (2009). Women's health movements. In Encyclopedia of gender and society (Vol. 1, pp. 901-903). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964517.n458
  
  O'Brien, Jodi. "Women's Health Movements." In Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, edited by O'Brien, Jodi, 901-3. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964517.n458.
  
  O'Brien, J. 2009. Women's Health Movements. In: Jodi O'Brien Editor, 2009. Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 901-903 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964517.n458> [Accessed 25 Jun 2022].
  
  O'Brien, Jodi. "Women's Health Movements." Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 901-3. SAGE Knowledge. 25 Jun 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964517.n458.
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