Health Feminist Hub
Seaman was an enthusiastic promoter of other writers on women's health and body issues. In a piece published in the New York Times on December 2, 1972, she wrote "Some women want to let their doctors do the worrying for them. But for those of us who don't, it has been extremely difficult to get honest health information." Seaman went on to praise and introduce a new library of women's self help books, including Our Bodies, Ourselves, Women and Madness, Why Natural Childbirth and Vaginal Politics. More recently, she has helped to write major obituaries for her fellow activists in the women's health movement, including Dr. Mary Howell and Lorraine Rothman.
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