Associated University Presses
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — December 2009
Beyond reproduction; women's health, activism, and public policy.
Baird, Karen L.
Fairleigh Dickinson U.P., ©2009 160 p. $42.00 RA564
978-0-8386-4184-2
Baird (political science and women's studies, Purchase College, State U. of New York) explores the women's health movement of the 1990s, which moved beyond reproductive rights and achieved policy changes in the areas of underrepresentation of women in medical research, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and violence against women. Along with chapter authors Davis (urban studies, Queens College, City U. of New York) and Christensen (economics and women's studies, Purchase College), Baird analyzes the composition, approach, strategies, and context of the movement, and the factors that led to policy changes. They do not examine race and class issues in-depth. Distributed by Associated University Presses. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
