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Category Archives: Women
Breast Cancer Survivor
In the year 2003, I am 35 working, raising a child, trying to get by. I go to the women’s clinic for my yearly probe. It becomes more than a matter of routine when the nurse says, “Hey you’re 35 … Continue reading
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Access to Abortion and EC for Teens in Illinois
Obtaining proper reproductive healthcare and education about sexuality and sexual health is essential to keeping teens in our area healthy. In Illinois, teens are lucky to have some access to contraceptives, abortion services and other reproductive care. However, activist groups … Continue reading
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Native Women’s Resurgence at UIUC
Ask your friends and family to name any American Indian women. It is likely that Sacagawea and Pocahontas will be the only ones they know. Why is it that these two Native women have acquired mythical status in American history … Continue reading
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Guard Your Girls From Gardasil: What every woman and parent should know before considering the HPV vaccine.
Recently, the media has been saturated with ads promoting Gardasil, the Human Papillomavirus vaccine created by Merck. The overwhelming tone of this campaign is that cervical cancer is a growing epidemic and that the best preventative measure is to inoculate … Continue reading
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Lesbian Activism and Women’s History in the Cold War Era
ORGANIZING WOMEN’S HISTORIES Which women do we remember when we think about women’s history and which do we forget? What kind of woman has remained invisible when the idea of Women’s History itself becomes institutionalized? Questions like these are not … Continue reading
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Colonized Wombs? Reproduction Rights and Puerto Rican Women
Following World War II, Puerto Rico and the rest of the Third World emerged as a problem for U.S. philanthropists, foreign policy makers, and social scientists to solve. A major concern of the times was that Third World populations were … Continue reading
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Homeopathy–The Choice of More Women
uses extremely small doses of substances prepared in a special way to re-vitalize a person’s health. The choice of the medicine, referred to as a “remedy,” is individualized for each patient according to the symptoms and characteristics of … Continue reading
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Reducing Post-Partum Depression the Village Way
the country was shocked to learn how Andrea Yates killed her children during an episode of post partum psychosis. The “eye for an eye” folks wanted her electrocuted. The “spare the rod, spoil the child” folks wanted … Continue reading
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HPV: Prevention of Cervical Cancer Through Vaccination
has been hailed by gynecologists as the most significant breakthrough in Women’s Health of the century. The first HPV Vaccine has been approved by the FDA. HPV is a DNA virus that infects skin and mucosal tissues … Continue reading
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Campaign for Access to Emergency Contraception
Om March 3, 1973, , the U.S. Congress passed the Comstock Act, criminalizing the publication, distribution, and possession of information about contraception. In the intervening century, everyday women fought hard for their birth control rights. They marched and picketed, were … Continue reading
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Moratorium to Abolition: Living Without Death in Illinois?
, , ended months of delay by signing into law the remaining section of Illinois’ death penalty reform legislation. The final provision set the disciplinary standards for police officers accused of lying in homicide cases, … Continue reading
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The Legacy of GirlZone
’ . Dragged to a GirlZone skateboarding workshop by her mother, Chloe had no real intention of learning to skate. A half hour later, though, she was swooshing down the ramps, seated, on her … Continue reading
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A SMATTERING OF WOMEN’S HISTORY
1597 Linen condom invented. Previous condoms had been made of animal membranes. 1869 The electric vibrator makes its debut with the invention of a steam-powered massager, patented by an American doctor and designed as a medical tool for treating “female … Continue reading
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