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  • Our Bodies Ourselves>Women's Health Heroes 2009

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…

Recognizing the “Big Picture” of Women’s Health: Dr. Barbara Keddy

April 29, 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…

Improving the Care Women Receive: Dr. Tito Lopes

April 29, 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 Fatigue and Offering Hope: Sandy Robinson

April 29, 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…

Taking Back Birth: Ina May Gaskin

April 28, 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…

Quality of Life: Jessica LeRoy

April 28, 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…

Impacting Lives in South Florida: Carol Cohan

April 27, 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…

Vulvalutionary: Dorrie Lane

April 27, 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…

The Ears to Listen and Understand: Heather Corinna

April 27, 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…

Nutrition and Fitness Advocate: Sheila Fawbush

April 27, 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…

Ensuring Women’s Rights: Elisabeth Sowecke

April 24, 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…

Sex and Disability Educator: Dr. Tuppy Owens

April 24, 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…

Their Birth, Their Way: Nikki Macfarlane

April 23, 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…

Wind Beneath My Wings: Dr. Cheryl Holder

April 23, 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…

Keeping Readers in the Know: feministing.com

April 22, 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 Women’s Lives: Mary Ann Sorrentino

April 22, 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 Personhood Bills: National Advocates for Pregnant Women

April 21, 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…

The Courage to Act: Sonia Murdock

April 20, 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…

What Heroes Are All About: Susan Quilliam

April 20, 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…

Wild Feminine: Tami Lynn Kent

April 20, 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 Doula in Full Bloom: Pat Neilsen

April 20, 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…