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Our bodies, ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources pulled from coops of women in and around boston, massachusetts, was published in new york in 1973 by simon and schuster. In the documentary reporter, we follow new york times columnist nicholas kristof as he works to get his readers to care about what happens on the other side of the hill. Republished by new england free press, the book puts womens health in a radically new political and social context and quickly becomes an underground success. Our bodies, ourselves was not just a routine womens health manual with a feminist.
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