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Barbara Seaman.(in memoriam)(Obituary)
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April 1, 2008
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Barbara Seaman, Principal Founder of the Feminist Women's Health Care Movement
Barbara Seaman, tireless pioneer and principal founder of the feminist women's health care movement, passed away February 27, 2008, of lung cancer at the age of 72.
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Beginning in 1960, with second wave feminism still in its embryonic stage, Seaman pioneered patient-centered health reporting. Under her watch, women were to learn for the first time that they were not receiving the information they needed in order to make good, informed decisions about contraception, childbirth or breastfeeding (this last during a time when formula manufacturers were boasting that ...
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