Women's Health

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Updated January 2, 2026
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Our bodies, ourselves
Paper Book
THE BESTSELLING WOMEN'S HEALTH CLASSIC--INFORMING AND INSPIRING WOMEN ACROSS GENERATIONS Hailed by The New York Times as a "feminist classic," this comprehensive guide to all aspects of women's sexuality and reproductive health--including menopause, birth control,...
All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Comen, Elizabeth.
Audiobook
Policing pregnant bodies : from ancient Greece to post-Roe America
Crowther, Kathleen M.
Paper Book
Explores the historical roots of controversies over abortion, fetal personhood, miscarriage, and maternal mortality. On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wadedecision, asserting that the Constitution did not confer the right to abortion. This ruling,...
Let's get physical : how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world
Friedman, Danielle
Paper Book
A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power. For American women today, working out is as...
Graphic reproduction : a comics anthology
Johnson, Jenell M.
Paper Book
This comics anthology delves deeply into the messy and often taboo subject of human reproduction. Featuring work by luminaries such as Carol Tyler, Alison Bechdel, and Joyce Farmer, Graphic Reproduction is an illustrated challenge to dominant cultural narratives about conception, pregnancy...

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