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Carol Downer (1933– )
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Apr 09, 2019
Carol Downer was a reproductive health and abortion rights activist in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the US and other countries. During…
AbortionWomen's rights--United States--History--20th centuryCannulaWomen's health services--United StatesAmerican Public Health Association
Evelyn Lorraine Rothman (1932–2007)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
Evelyn Lorraine Rothman advocated for women’s reproductive rights and invented at-home kits for women’s health concerns in the late twentieth century…
Downer, CarolAbortionObstetricsBirth ControlMenstrual regulation
Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (1969–1977)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jul 03, 2018
The Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, hereafter Union or CWLU, was a feminist union that operated in Chicago, Illinois, from 1969 to 1977 and was the…
OrganizationWomen's rightsSexismFamily Planningfeminism
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014) by Mary Dore
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Sep 20, 2019
In 2014, Mary Dore directed the documentary 'She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,' which details the events and accomplishments of the women’s…
LiteraturefeminismWomen's rightsEqual RightsReproductive Health
Sexology (1904) by William Henry Walling
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jul 12, 2021
In 1904, physician William Henry Walling published Sexology, a family medicine reference book. In his book, Walling proposed that his guidance would…
LiteratureMasturbationCoitus interruptusSexSexology
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, later Our Bodies Ourselves (1969–)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Sep 06, 2019
The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective was a women’s health organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that published the informational…
OrganizationfeminismReproductive HealthEqual RightsHealth education of women
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson (1915–2006)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson was a physician who advocated for abortion rights in the twentieth century in the United States. In November of 1970, Hodgson…
AbortionInduced AbortionBirth ControlReproductive RightsContraception
Vaginal Speculum (after 1800)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
A vaginal speculum is a medical device that allows physicians and health providers to better view a woman’s cervix and vagina during pelvic exams…
VaginaHysteriaGynecologySecond-wave feminismReproduction
Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819–1883)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 20, 2017
Lydia Estes Pinkham invented and sold Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, a medicinal tonic used to treat menstrual discomfort and promote female…
Reproductive HealthPatent MedicinesHerbs--Therapeutic useFertilityAdvertising
The Woman Rebel (1914)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: May 16, 2018
In the early twentieth century, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger published eight issues of a feminist magazine called The Woman Rebel.…
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966Margaret Sanger Papers ProjectFeminism and scienceFeminism and mass mediaFeminism and education--United States