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  • Our Bodies Ourselves>Women's Health Heroes 2009

A Socially Conscious Professor: Dr. Diana Flannery

May 4, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Working for Child and Maternal Health: A.M.M. Samsad

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Upholding the Highest Standard of Care: Sheri Skalsky

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

HIV/AIDS Adovcate: Cynthia Callahan

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Dedicated to Helping the Underserved: Sabrina Matoff-Stepp

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

She Has Given the World Three Great Gifts: Mary Lou Ballweg

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Easily Accessible Birth Information: JoAnne Lindberg

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Steadfast Determination to Help Women: Katherine Winkler

May 2, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

20 Years at Maternity Care Coalition: JoAnne Fischer

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Creating More Fulfilling Lives: Susan Corrado

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Winner in My Eyes: Jeanette Preston

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Inspiring a New Generation of Caregivers: Abby Howe-Heyman

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

A Wealth of Knowledge: Whitney Pinger

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Fighting Against Heart Disease: Carolyn Thomas

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Educating the Public: Lisa Martinez

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Tending to Women’s Healthcare Needs: Fair Haven Midwifery Group

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

For the Love of the Work: Dinah

May 1, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Devoted to Women’s Pleasure: Dr. Betty Dodson

April 30, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Unsung Hero for Women with Endometriosis: Shelley Houchin

April 30, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

Every Mom is a Hero: Carolynn Ernst

April 30, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…

A Lifesaver: Jeannie May

April 30, 2009

From 2009 – 2011, Our Bodies Ourselves honored the work of women’s health advocates worldwide by asking readers to nominate their favorite women’s…