Patient advocacy--United States

Collection includes radio and conference appearances by Collective members, a benefit, board meeting proceedings, and a variety of materials on topics relating to women's health, etc.

Additional records of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, a non-profit women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization, including administrative records; founder's files; engagements and project files; material relating to the publication, revision, and adaptation of several versions of Our Bodies, Ourselves; memorabilia; audiovisual material; and electronic records.

Correspondence, programs, and educational materials from local La Leche League conferences and trainings featuring educational sessions administered by Mardelle Springer Dean; programs from local and national La Leche League conferences and events Dean attended; La Leche League leadership training materials and other printed materials collected by Dean; and La Leche League jewelry collected by Dean.

Collection includes correspondence, speeches, drafts, course outlines, conference proceedings, notebooks, reviews, clippings, photographs, audiotapes, and videotapes of Barbara Ehrenreich, author and journalist.

The La Leche League collection of Carolyn Kupferschmidt Farthing contains printed materials collected by Farthing. Materials include information sheets and booklets on breastfeeding and breast health, a La Leche League leader's handbook, and a La Leche League calendar.

La Leche League materials from La Leche League administrator Cynthia P. Garrison.

Collection consists primarily of recordings of the American Society for Prophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO)/Lamaze annual conference sessions and a few educational and instructional recordings.

The records of the Mautner Project contain organizational records and project files of the Mautner Project, an organization committed to improving the health of women who partner with women including lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, through direct and support service, education and advocacy.

Videotapes and DVDs of the Mautner Project, an organization committed to improving the health of women who partner with women, including lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, through direct and support services, education and advocacy.

Papers of Kay Dickersin, professor of epidemiology, advocate for breast cancer survivors and increased funding for breast cancer research; also includes the papers of fellow activists Patricia Barr, Annette Drummond, and Mary Jo Kahn.

Writings, correspondence, and professional papers of Rose Kushner, journalist and breast cancer expert.

Collection includes administrative records and the web site for Lamaze International, an organization that educates women and men about pregnancy, the birth process, and teaches psychological practices and physical techniques to help women overcome pain in labor.

Contracts and proposals; correspondence; minutes; presentation files; project and research files; reports and publications; air and water test sample results; work plans and budgets; photographic and audiovisual material; etc.; of Silent Spring Institute's work on the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study, the Newton Breast Cancer Study, and Long Island, New York Breast Cancer Study.

Records of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, a non-profit women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization that grew out of a small discussion group in 1969, and first became known for their pioneering handbook, Our Bodies, Ourselves.

Records of the Women's Community Health Center, a women-owned and women-controlled health center which provided medical services, primarily gynecological exams and abortions, and educational programs advocating the concept and practice of self-help, the sharing of skills and information to assist women in gaining control of their own health care.

Correspondence, letters from readers, press releases, photographs, and writings of Barbara Seaman, feminist, women's health activist, and author.

Administrative and subject files, primarily about women's issues and events, of Cambridge Women's Center.