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Weathered book cover with a photo graph of two women holding a sign that says "Women Unite."
First edition of Our Bodies, Our Selves.

A group of women called the "Doctor’s Group” begins meeting in Boston.

1969

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First edition of Our Bodies, Our Selves.

The group begins meeting in Boston to share stories about experiences of healthcare and medicine. They will release a course book called Women and their Bodies.

The collective will later become the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective and will release the book as Our Bodies Ourselves.