For additional recommended resources, visit the Our Bodies Ourselves website, ourbodiesourselves.org/book/library.asp.
Accord Alliance: AccordAlliance.org. Promotes the health and well-being of people and families affected by disorders of sex development (DSD). Has replaced the Intersex Society of North America, which closed in 2008.
Bobel, Chris. New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research: Cemcor.ubc.ca.
Loulan, JoAnn, and Bonnie Worthen. Period.: A Girl’s Guide. Minnetonka, MN: Book Peddlers, 2001.
MRKH Organization: information and support to those with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, mrkh.org.
Nalebuff, Rachel Kauder. My Little Red Book. New York: Twelve, 2009.
re: Cycling: blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research: menstruationresearch.org/blog.
Reis, Elizabeth. Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Singer, Katie. The Garden of Fertility: A Guide to Charting Your Fertility Signals to Prevent or Achieve Pregnancy—Naturally—and to Gauge Your Reproductive Health. New York: Harper, 2001.
Wechsler, Toni. Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health. New York: Harper, 2006.
Center for Young Women’s Health: young womenshealth.org.
Coalition for Positive Sexuality: positive.org.
Feminist Women’s Health Center: fwhc.org.
National Women’s Health Network: nwhn.org.
North Carolina Office on Disability and Health: fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/publications.cfm. Provides booklets and other information on women’s health, including reproductive health care.
Planned Parenthood Info for Teens—Going to the Doctor: plannedparenthood.org/info-for-teens/our-bodies/going-doctor-33816.htm.
Scarleteen: Find-a-Doc: scarleteen.com/find_a_doc.
Stewart, Elizabeth G., and Paula Spencer. The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health. New York: Bantam, 2002.
VaginaPagina: vaginapagina.com.
Vaginaverite: vaginaverite.com.
Brown, Harriet, ed. Feed Me! Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image. New York: Ballantine Books, 2009.
Byrd, Ayana D., and Lori L. Tharps. Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002.
Disability Studies, Temple U.: disstud.blogspot.com. Covers disability news and history and provides a portal to the disability blog world.
Douglas, Susan J. Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism’s Work Is Done. New York: Times Books, 2010.
Fat Nutritionist: fatnutritionist.com. Michelle Allison is an online nutritionist who writes about health and body acceptance; the site includes numerous articles and blog links.
Levin, Diane E., and Jean Kilbourne. So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. New York: Ballantine, 2008.
Maine, Margo, and Joe Kelly. The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect. New York: Wiley, 2005.
Martin, Courtney. Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection Is Harming Young Women. New York: Berkley, 2008.
Redd, Nancy Amanda. Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers. New York: Gotham Books, 2007.
Steiner-Adair, Catherine, and Lisa Sjostrom. Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program to Advance Girl Power, Health, and Leadership. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006.
Weitz, Rose, ed. The Politics of Women’s Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Baumgardner, Jennifer. Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Bernstein Sycamore, Matti, ed. Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2006.
Bornstein, Kate, and S. Bear Bergman, eds. Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2010.
Carbado, Devon W., Dwight A. McBride, and Donald Weise, eds. Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction. San Francisco: Cleis, 2002.
Clare, Eli. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation. Boston: South End Press, 2009.
Conway, Lynn: ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/conway.html. Website by a University of Michigan professor emerita, including photo gallery of Transsexual Women’s Successes.
Diamond, Lisa M. Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008.
Hermann, Joanne. Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2009.
Makadon, Harvey J., Kenneth H. Mayer, Jennifer Potter, and Hilary Goldhammer. Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2008. See fenwayhealth.org for more on LGTB health.
Serano, Julia. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2007.
Black, Claudia. Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2009.
Clunis, Merilee, and G. Dorsey Green. Lesbian Couples: A Guide to Creating Healthy Relationships. 4th ed. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2004.
Coontz, Stephanie. Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage. New York: Penguin, 2006.
DePaulo, Bella. Single with Attitude: Not Your Typical Take on Health and Happiness, Love and Money, Marriage and Friendship. CreateSpace Publishing, 2009.
Eason, Dossie, and Janet W. Hardy. The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures. 2nd ed. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2009.
Hernández, Daisy, and Bushra Rehman, eds. Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2002.
Lerner, Harriet. The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships. New York: Harper, 2005.
Richardson, Brenda Lane, and Brenda Wade. What Mama Couldn’t Tell Us About Love: Healing the Emotional Legacy of Racism by Celebrating Our Light. New York: Harper, 1999.
Walker, Rebecca. One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love. New York: Riverhead, 2009.
Abbott, Elizabeth. A History of Celibacy. New York: Scribner, 2000.
Carpenter, Laura, and John DeLamater, eds. Sexuality Across the Lifecourse. New York: New York University Press, 2011.
Fields, Jessica. Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Fowles, Stacey May, and Megan Griffith Greene, eds. She’s Shameless: Women Write About Growing Up, Rocking Out and Fighting Back. Toronto: Tightrope Books, 2009.
Luadzers, Darcy. Virgin Sex for Girls: A No-regrets Guide to Safe and Healthy Sex. New York: Hatherleigh Press, 2006.
Roberts, Tara, ed. What Your Mama Never Told You: True Stories About Sex & Love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Ruttenberg, Danya, ed. The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism. New York: NYU Press, 2009.
Tanenbaum, Leora. Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation. New York: Harper, 2000.
Valenti, Jessica. The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2009.
Wade, Jenny. Transcendent Sex: When Lovemaking Opens the Veil. New York: Pocket Books, 2004.
Corinna, Heather. S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College. New York: Marlowe, 2007.
Friedman, Jaclyn, and Jessica Valenti, eds. Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2008.
Herbenick, Debby. Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction. New York: Rodale Books, 2009.
Hutcherson, Hilda. Pleasure: A Woman’s Guide to Getting the Sex You Want, Need, and Deserve. New York: Putnam, 2006.
Kerner, Ian. She Comes First: A Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman. New York: Harper, 2004.
Nelson, Tammy. Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together. Beverly, MA: Quiver, 2008.
Newman, Felice. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Cleis, 2004.
Ogden, Gina. The Return of Desire: A Guide to Recovering Your Sexual Passion. Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2008. (Also see Gina Ogden’s other books: The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection, and Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy.)
Price, Joan. Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty. Berkeley: Seal, 2006.
Schell, Jude. Lesbian Sex: 101 Lovemaking Positions. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2008.
Brownworth, Victoria A., and Susan Raffo, eds. Restricted Access: Lesbians on Disability. Berkeley: Seal Press, 1999.
Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine: bcm.edu/crowd.
ChronicBabe.com: chronicbabe.com. Articles, community forums, and resources for women with chronic illness.
Clare, Eli. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2009.
FWD (feminists with disabilities): a blogroll of disability blogs, disabledfeminists.com/blogroll.
Kaufman, Miriam, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette. The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain and Illness. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Cleis, 2007.
Kroll, Ken, and Erica Levy Klein. Enabling Romance: A Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships for People with Disabilities (and the People Who Care About Them). Horsham, PA: No Limits Communications, 2001.
National Vulvodynia Association: nva.org. Resources, support services, and educational booklets for women and their partners.
Stewart, Elizabeth G., and Paula Spencer. The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health. New York: Bantam, 2002.
Gordon, Linda. The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2007.
Guttmacher Institute: information about contraceptive use and policies in the United States, guttmacher.org/sections/contraception.php?scope=U.S.%20specific.
Hatcher, Robert A., James Trussell, Anita L. Nelson, Felicia H. Stewart, and Deborah Kowal. Contraceptive Technology. 19th edition. New York: Ardent Media, 2008.
Nationwide Emergency Contraception Hotline: (888) NOT-2-LATE, 24/7 in English and Spanish. Not-2-Late.com has information in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
National Women’s Law Center Family Planning Report Card for States: hrc.nwlc.org/states.
Planned Parenthood: plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control-4211.htm.
Singer, Katie. The Garden of Fertility: A Guide to Charting Your Fertility Signals to Prevent or Achieve Pregnancy—Naturally—and to Gauge Your Reproductive Health. New York: Avery Publishing Group, 2004.
“U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010”: cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5904.pdf.
Weschler, Toni. Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achivement, and Reproductive Health. New York: Harper, 2001.
American Sexual Health Association: ashastd.org.
Foley, Sallie, Sally A. Kope, and Dennis P. Sugrue. Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self. New York: Guilford Press, 2002.
Fulbright, Yvonne K. The Hot Guide to Safer Sex. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 2003.
Go Ask Alice! goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat7.html.
HIV InSite: Safer Sex, hivinsite.ucsf.edu.
Planned Parenthood Safer Sex: plannedparenthood.org/health-topics.
San Francisco Sex Information: sfsi.org, 415-989-7374. Free, anonymous, nonjudgmental sex info via web, phone, email.
Scarleteen: scarleteen.com/article/sexuality/safe_sound_sexy_a_safer_sex_how_to.
Pleasure Project: thepleasureproject.org.
Winks, Cathy, and Anne Semans. The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Cleis, 2002.
American Social Health Association (ASHA): ashastd.org.
The Body: HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women, the body.com/content/art44411.html.
Centers for Disease Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, cdc.gov/STD.
Centers for Disease Control: 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines, cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010.
Guttmacher Institute: HIV/AIDS and STIs, guttmacher.org/sections/sti.php.
Krishnan, Shobha S. The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God, and Politics. A Guide for Parents, Women, Men, and Teenagers. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008.
Nack, Adina. Damaged Goods? Women Living with Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS): siecus.org.
Warren, Terri. The Good News About the Bad News: Herpes—Everything You Need to Know. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2009.
Abortion Care Networks. “Mom, Dad, I’m Pregnant:” momdadimpregnant.com
Austin-Small, Ophelia. Surprise Motherhood: A Guide to Unexpected Adult Pregnancy. Self-published, 2007.
Davis, Deborah. You Look Too Young to Be a Mom: Teen Moms Speak Out on Love, Learning, and Success. New York: Perigee Books, 2004.
Guttmacher Institute. “Facts on American Teens’ Sexual and Reproductive Health,” guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html.
National Abortion Federation. “Unsure About Your Pregnancy? A Guide to Making the Right Decision for You,” prochoice.org/pubs_research/publications/downloads/index.html#pregnant.
Planned Parenthood. “Thinking About Parenting,” planned parenthood.org/health-topics/pregnancy/parenting-21521.htm.
Williams-Wheeler, Dorrie. The Unplanned Pregnancy Book for Teens and College Students. Virginia Beach, VA: Sparkledoll Productions, 2004.
Abortion Conversation Project: abortionconversation. com.
Baumgardner, Jennifer. Abortion & Life. New York: Akashic Books, 2008.
Frankfort, Ellen, and Frances Kissling. Rosie: The Investigation of a Wrongful Death. New York: Doubleday, 1979.
Freedman, Lori. Willing and Unable: Doctors’ Constraints in Abortion Care. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2010.
Guttmacher Institute: guttmacher.org.
Joffe, Carole. Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009.
National Abortion Federation (NAF): prochoice.org.
Paul, M., et al., eds. Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care. West Sussex, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing, 2009.
Planned Parenthood: plannedparenthood.org, 800-230-PLAN.
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: rcrc.org.
Bynoe, Yvonne, ed. Who’s You Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press, 2009.
Casey, Terri. Pride and Joy: The Lives and Passions of Women Without Children. New York: Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2007.
Child Welfare Information Gateway. “Adoption.” childwel fare.gov/adoption.
Kruger, Pamela, and Jill Smolowe. A Love like No Other. New York: Riverhead Hardcover, 2005.
Leibovich, Lori. Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
Peri, Camille, and Kate Moses. Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood. New York: Washington Square Press, 2000.
Ratner, Rochelle, ed. Bearing Life: Women’s Writing on Childlessness. New York: Feminist Press, 2001.
Register, Cheri. Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children. St. Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 2005.
Roberts, Dorothy. Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. New York: Basic Books, 2003.
Single Mothers by Choice: singlemothersbychoice.com.
Vissing, Yvonne Marie. Women Without Children: Nurturing Lives. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Block, Jennifer. Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007.
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Childbirth Connection. “What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Birth,” rev. ed. 2006, child birthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10164.
Childbirth.org. “Birth Stories,” childbirth.org/articles/stories/birth.html.
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services: mother friendly.org.
Davis, Elizabeth, and Debra Pascali-Bonaro. Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2010.
Gaskin, Ina May. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. New York: Bantam Books, 2003.
Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth. New York: Perigee Books, 1999.
Greenfield, Marjorie. The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
Lothian, Judith, and Charlotte DeVries. The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence. Minnetonka, MN: Meadowbrook Press, 2010.
March of Dimes. “Pregnancy,” marchofdimes.com/preg nancy.
Mysko, Claire, and M. Amadeï. Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby. Deerfield Beach, FL: HCI, 2009.
Rogers, Judith. The Disabled Woman’s Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. New York: Demos Medical Publishing, 2006.
Science & Sensibility: A Research Blog About Healthy Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, scienceandsensibility.org.
Simkin, Penny, and P. Klaus. When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women. Seattle, WA: Classic Day Publishing, 2004.
Simkin, Penny, et al. Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide. Minnetonka, MN.: Meadowbrook Press, 2010.
TheUnnecesarean.com: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Unnecessary Cesarean Epidemic, theunnecesarean.com.
van der Ziel, Cornelia. Big, Beautiful, and Pregnant: Expert Advice and Comforting Wisdom for the Expecting Plus-Size Woman. New York: Da Capo Press, 2006.
The Well-Rounded Mama: wellroundedmama.blogspot.com.
Hale, Thomas W. Medications and Mothers’ Milk. 14th ed. Amarillo, TX.: Hale Publishing, 2010.
Huggins, Kathleen. The Nursing Mother’s Companion. 6th ed. Boston: Harvard Common Press, 2010.
Kabat-Zinn, Myla and Jon. Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting. New York: Hyperion, 1997.
Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen. The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood: Coping with Stress, Depression, and Burnout. 2nd ed. Amarillo, TX: Pharmasoft Publishing, 2005.
La Leche League International: llli.org.
Lim, Robin. After the Baby’s Birth: A Woman’s Way to Wellness: A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women. Rev. ed. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2004.
MomsRising.org: momsrising.org.
Placksin, Sally. Mothering the New Mother: Women’s Feelings and Needs After Childbirth, A Support and Resource Guide. 2nd ed. New York: Newmarket Press, 2000.
Postpartum Support International: postpartum.net.
Smith, Linda. Impact of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding. 2nd ed. Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2009.
Douglas, Ann. Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss. Dallas: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2000.
Gross, Jessica Berger. About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope. New York: Plume, 2006.
Kohn, Ingrid, and Perry-Lynn Moffitt with Isabelle A. Wilkins. A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss Guidance and Support for You and Your Family. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Layne, Linda. “Designing a Woman-Centered Health Care Approach to Pregnancy Loss: Lessons from Feminist Models of Childbirth.” In Reproductive Disruptions: Gender, Technology, and Biopolitics in the New Millennium, ed. Marcia Inhorn. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2007, pp. 79–97.
———. “Making Memories: Trauma, Choice, and Consumer Culture in the Case of Pregnancy Loss.” In Consuming Motherhood, eds. Janelle Taylor, Linda Layne, and Danielle Wozniak. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003.
———. Motherhood Lost: A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America. New York: Routledge, 2003.
McCracken, Elizabeth. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir. New York: Little, Brown, 2008.
The Broken Brown Egg: African American Infertility & Reproductive Health Awareness, thebrokenbrownegg.org.
Crockin, Susan L., and Howard W. Jones, Jr. Legal Conceptions: The Evolving Law and Policy of Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Eggsploitation: eggsploitation.com.
Ehrensaft, Diane. Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families. New York: Guilford Press, 2005.
Ford, Melissa. Navigating the Land of IF: Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2009.
The InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination: inciid.org.
Orenstein, Peggy. Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother. New York: Bloomsbury, 2007.
Spar, Debora L. The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006.
Sterling, Evelina Weidman, and Ellen Sarasohn Glazer. Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation. Indianapolis: Perspective Press, 2005.
Tsigdinos, Pamela Mahoney. Silent Sorority: A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found. BookSurge Publishing, 2009.
Vercollone, Carol Frost, Heidi Moss, and Robert Moss. Helping the Stork: The Choices and Challenges of Donor Insemination. New York: Wiley, 1997.
Baxter, Susan, and Jerilynn C. Prior. Estrogen Errors: Why Progesterone Is Better for Women’s Health. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009.
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
Edelman, Julia Schlam. Menopause Matters. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Kagan, Leslee, Herbert Benson, and Bruce Kessel. Mind Over Menopause: The Complete Mind/Body Approach to Menopause. New York: Free Press, 2004.
Manson, JoAnn E., and S. Shari Bassuk. Hot Flashes, Hormones and Your Health: Breakthrough Findings to Help You Sail Through Menopause. Ohio: McGraw Hill, 2008.
Nelson, Miriam, and Sarah Wernick. Strong Women, Strong Bones. New York: Perigee, 2006.
Porter, Gayle K., and Marilyn Gaston. Prime Time: The African American Woman’s Complete Guide to Midlife Health and Wellness. New York: Random House Ballantine, 2001.
Prior, Jerilynn. Estrogen’s Storm Season: Stories of Perimenopause. Vancouver, BC: Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, 2005.
Seaman, Barbara. The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Sterling, Evelina W., and Angie Best-Boss. Before Your Time: The Early Menopause Survival Guide. New York: Fireside, 2010.
Bateson, Mary Catherine. Composing a Fuller Life: The Age of Active Wisdom. New York: Knopf, 2010.
Butler, Robert N. The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Longer Life. New York: Public Affairs, 2008.
Cruikshank, Margaret. Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
Foley, Sallyie. Sex and Love for Grown-ups: A No-nonsense Guide to a Life of Passion. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2005.
Goldman, Connie. Who Am I … Now That I’m Not Who I Was? Minneapolis: Nodin Press, 2009.
Guillette, Margaret Morganroth. Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Horn, Janet, and Robin H. Miller. The Smart Woman’s Guide to Midlife and Beyond. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2008.
Kliger, Leah, and Deborah Nedelman. Still Sexy After All These Years? The 9 Unspoken Truths About Women’s Desire Beyond 50. New York: Penguin, 2006.
Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE). “Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults,” March 2010, lgbtmap.org/improving-the-lives-of-lgbt-older-adults-at-national-aging-in-america-conference.
Roszak, Theodore. The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America’s Most Audacious Generation. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers, 2009.
Ballweg, Mary Lou. Endometriosis: The Complete Reference to Taking Charge of Your Health. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Breast Cancer Action: bcaction.org.
Carlson, Karen J., et al. The New Harvard Guide to Women’s Health. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
Cooper, Raymond, and Fredi Kronenberg, eds. Botanical Medicine: From Bench to Bedside. New Rochelle, NY: Mary Ann Liebert Publications, 2009.
Love, Susan M., and Karen Lindsey. Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book. 5th ed. New York: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2010.
The National Women’s Health Information Center, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services: womenshealth.gov.
National Women’s Health Network: nwhn.org.
Parker, William H. A Gynecologist’s Second Opinion: The Questions and Answers You Need to Take Charge of Your Health. New York: Penguin/Plume, 2002.
Stewart, Elizabeth G., and Paula Spence. The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health. New York: Bantam, 2002.
Abramson, John. Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Improve Your Healthcare, ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer.
Annas, George J. The Rights of Patients: The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Center on Medical Rights and Privacy at Georgetown University Health Policy Institute: medicalrecordrightsgeorge town.edu/records.html.
Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine. 4th ed. West Sussex, UK: BMJ Books, June 2010.
HealthCare.gov: information about health reform and finding health insurance and health care.
Institute of Medicine. Health Literacy—A Prescription to End Confusion. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2004.
Sered, Susan, and Rushika Fernandopulle. Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
Torrey, Trisha. You Bet Your Life: The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes. Minneapolis: Langdon Street Press, 2010.
Woloshin, Steven, Lisa M. Schwartz, and H. Gilbert Welch. Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
Bass, Ellen. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse.20th anniversary edition (revised, expanded). New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2008.
Chain of Change (chainofchange.net), a project of Beyond-media Education (beyondmedia.com) in Chicago, organizes youth activists to strategize how to end violence by exposing its roots through the creation of media.
Ensler, Eve. The Vagina Monologues. New York: Villard, 2008.
Friedman, Jaclyn, and Jessica Valenti, eds. Yes Means Yes! Visons of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2009.
Herman, Judith. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—from Domestic Abuse to Political Terrorism. New York: Basic Books, 1997.
Lehman, Carolyn. Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Recover from Sexual Abuse. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Lloyd, Rachel. Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself. New York: Harper, 2011.
“No!” 2004. Documentary by Aishah Shahidah about rape in African-American communities, notherapedocu mentary.org.
Orloff, Leslye, ed. Empowering Survivors: Legal Rights of Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault for Advocates Working with Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault. Washington, DC: Legal Momentum, 2010.
Potter, Hillary. Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse. New York: NYU Press, 2008.
Renzetti, Claire, Jeffrey Edleson, and Raquel Kennedy Bergen, eds. Sourcebook on Violence Against Women. Rev. ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2010.
Turning a Corner. 2008. This film tells the stories of people involved in the sex trade and their efforts to raise public awareness of systematic injustice and to promote needed reforms. Available through womenandprison.org/store, and beyondmedia.com/catalog.
Association of Occupational and Environmental Health Clinics: aoec.org. National network providing information and resources on patient care.
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals: arhp.org. Resources for health care providers and patients regarding toxic exposures and reproductive outcomes.
Beyond Pesticides: beyondpesticides.org. Resources and strategies on pesticide impacts and alternatives.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics: SafeCosmetics.org. Provides information on detrimental health effects associated with cosmetics.
Center for Health, Environment and Justice: chej.org. Community and national strategies and resources.
The Centers for Disease Control, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: atsdr.cdc.gov. Toxic profiles, public health programs, community assessments, and links to national resources.
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment: health andenvironment.org. Fact sheets, working groups, and updated data on environment and reproductive health.
Committees on Occupational Safety and Health (COSH): nycosh.org (includes national listing of all COSH groups). Committees are located across the United States, focusing on occupational health education and advocacy, and can provide information and services for grievanced workers.
The Endocrine Disruption Exchange: endocrinedisruption.com. Resources for health practioners and communities, including information on critical windows of development.
Environmental Defense Fund: scorecard.org. Community database (search by zip code), with detailed information on chemicals, health effects, and actions to take.
Environmental Working Group: ewg.org. Fact sheets and reports, with a focus on advocacy. See also the EWG Skin Deep project, cosmeticsdatabase.com.
Black Women’s Health Imperative: blackwomenshealth.org. Takes action to eliminate health disparities for black women.
Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health: cpath.org. Conducts research and adds a public health voice to the debate on trade and sustainable development.
Equal Health Network: equalhealth.info. Brings together partners from public health, women’s health, and the public to advocate for equitable, quality, universal, affordable—EQUAL—health care.
Levy, Barry S., and Victor W. Sidel. War and Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
National Women’s Health Network: nwhn.org. Improves the health of all women by providing a critical analysis of health issues in order to affect policy and support consumer decision making.
National Women’s Law Center: nwlc.org. Champions laws and policies that work for women and families, including health care and reproductive rights, poverty and income support, education and Title IX, and more.
Population Reference Bureau, The World’s Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet: prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/worlds-women-and-girls.aspx. Produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development through the IDEA project. Includes data for 181 countries on a variety of reproductive health and gender equality indicators. Copies are available to download at prb.org. To request free print copies, contact idea@prb.org.
Shepard, Bonnie. Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Co., 2006.
Turshen, Meredeth. Women’s Health Movements: A Global Force for Change. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: unwomen.org. A clearinghouse for United Nations initiatives.
Applied Research Center: arc.org. This racial justice think tank and home for media and activism also publishes Colorlines (colorlines.com), a daily news site offering award-winning reporting, analysis, and solutions to today’s racial justice issues.
Baumgardner, Jennifer, Amy Richards, and Winona LaDuke. Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: eff.org. Works to protect freedom in the networked world and provides information on privacy, transparency, fair use, and free speech.
Martin, Courtney E. Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists. Boston: Beacon Press, 2010.
Morgan, Robin. Fighting Words: A Toolkit for Combating the Religious Right. New York: Nation Books/Avalon Publishing, 2006.
Murray, Anne Firth. From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2007.
Shirky, Clay. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.
Trigg, Mary K., ed. Leading the Way: Young Women’s Activism for Social Change. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Turshen, Meredeth. Women’s Health Movements: A Global Force for Change. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.