Our Bodies Ourselves founders, circa 1975. Back row (L-R): Wendy Sanford, Paula Doress-Worters, Joan Ditzion, Judy Norsigian, Jane Pincus, Norma Swenson, Nancy Miriam Hawley; seated in front row: Pamela Berger, Ruth Bell Alexander, Vilunya Diskin, Esther Rome. / Photo: Phyllis Ewen
The original founders met at a women’s liberation conference in 1969 and put together the first newsprint edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves.” The founders group also includes several women who started the nonprofit organization (organizational founders) and three staff members who carried out the program work of Our Bodies Ourselves for many years (programmatic founders). Learn more.
- Ruth Davidson Bell Alexander | bio
- Pamela Berger | bio
- Ayesha Chatterjee
- Vilunya Diskin | bio
- Joan Ditzion | bio
- Paula Doress-Worters | bio
- Nancy Miriam Hawley | bio
- Elizabeth MacMahon-Herrera | bio
- Pamela Morgan (1949-2008) | Remembrances
- Judy Norsigian | bio
- Jamie Penney
- Jane Kates Pincus | bio
- Esther Rome (1945-1995) | bio
- Wendy Sanford | bio
- Norma Swenson | bio
- Sally Whelan | bio
- Kiki Zeldes | bio
Some of the Our Bodies Ourselves founders, Fall 2017
Front row (L-R): Norma Swenson, Pamela Berger, Ruth Bell Alexander, Jane Pincus, Miriam Hawley; back row: Sally Whelan, Elizabeth MacMahon-Herrera, Vilunya Diskin, Joan Ditzion, Judy Norsigian, Wendy Sanford, Paula Doress-Worters / Photo: Jerry Speier for the Brooklyn Museum