Publications, Interviews, Speeches,Contributions, and Resources
Debunk Speaks To Norma Swenson by Rasna Warah 30 December 2022, Nairobi, Kenya
Our Body Ourselves, 50 Years Later - Womens Health Movement
50 years after the publishing of the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves" in 1971, a talk with Filomena Rosiello (co-president House of Women Milan) Norma Swenson (co-founder of "Our Body Ourselves") Judy Norsigian (co-founder, board member of "Our Body Ourselves") Jane Cottingham (Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters) Vicky Franzinetti (co-founder House of Women Torino) Carlotta Cossutta (co-president House of Women Milano).
Nos e Nossos Filhos (Ourselves & Our Children) 1978 book launch, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. With subtitles released 2022.
September 23, 2021: Lançamento: Nossos Corpos por Nós Mesmas (OBOS Brasil) A celebration of the new Brazilian OBOS. with English subtitles.
To learn more about the translation project: https://obosbrasil.com/
Learn more about adaptation: https://nossoscorpos.com.br/
April 24, 2021: BBC Radio: Our Bodies, Ourselves
November 26, 2019: ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ still resonates nearly 50 years later
November 1, 2019: OBOS 50th Anniversary in the news: Newton OBOS Writers Reminisce
May 10, 2019: Norma Swenson speaks at OBOS 50th Anniversary, Suffolk University, Boston
January 15, 2019: The Jewish voices behind ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’.
January 2018: Norma interviewed in Mujer y Salud issue no. 44. Spanish language pdf
March 31, 2018: Letter to Mary Raugust Howell (1932-1998), read at the 20th Anniversary Memorial Celebration for Mary Howell, Watertown Free Public Library. Video reading. Open pdf Letter.
November 22, 2017: Different Waves, Same Wavelength: Intergenerational Reflections on Feminism, interview by Melanie Floyd,
Formative Years: The Birth of Our Bodies Ourselves pdf
KEEPING UP THE FIGHT: A conversation with Our Bodies, Ourselves co-founder Norma Swenson,
by Alison Bigger. First published in Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging - May- June 2017.
Download pdf.
Gender, Health and Marginalization Through a Critical Feminist Lens - MIT course Fall 2014 for MIT’s Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies. Co-taught by Norma Swenson, Chris Bobel, and Silvia Dominguez, now available through MITOpenCourseWARE.
The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders - Read a page or buy
By Kathy Davis. Duke University Press, 2007
Varney's Midwifery. Publishers: Jones and Bartlett, ©2004. Pp.8.
By Helen Varney; Jan M Kriebs; Carolyn L Gegor
BACE Pioneers Video Norma Swenson, Justine Kelleher, Mary O'Brian, Patricia McLeod, Constance Bean, Hilary Salk, Barbara Toscano, Lisa Elliott, Karla Ellenbogen, Carole Kavanagh, Dana Paris-Mahoney, Claudia Stearns, Ami Burns, Angela Orangio, Cheryl Opper.
Activists Speak Out: Reflections on the Pursuit of Change in America - Read a page or buy
Edited by Marie Cieri, Claire Peeps
Palgrave Macmillan, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 279 pages
'Our Bodies, Ourselves' hits shelves in China
Boston Globe, December 20, 1998, by Ted Plafker
Pdf: obos_hits_china.12-20-1998.boston_globe.pdf
Women's Experience: Health issues in the 90's: Health care action, Where are the women?
VHS videotape, 1996. Norma Swenson discusses issues in women's health, focusing on her own career,
childbirth procedure, and health insurance for women. In tape 2 a panel discusses Norma's presentation
and the issues it raises.
Hillary Clinton Discovers How Chinese Women Fare
New York Times, Sunday June 28, 1998, by Elisabeth Rosenthal
"Chinese women hold up copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves"
Pdf: hillary_chinese_women.1998.pdf
Ourselves, Growing Older
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Simon & Schuster, 1994
Our Bodies, Ourselves
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Simon & Schuster, Random House 1971-2011
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Records at Schlesinger Library
Our Body Ourselves, 50 Years Later - Womens Health Movement
50 years after the publishing of the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves" in 1971, a talk with Filomena Rosiello (co-president House of Women Milan) Norma Swenson (co-founder of "Our Body Ourselves") Judy Norsigian (co-founder, board member of "Our Body Ourselves") Jane Cottingham (Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters) Vicky Franzinetti (co-founder House of Women Torino) Carlotta Cossutta (co-president House of Women Milano).
Nos e Nossos Filhos (Ourselves & Our Children) 1978 book launch, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. With subtitles released 2022.
September 23, 2021: Lançamento: Nossos Corpos por Nós Mesmas (OBOS Brasil) A celebration of the new Brazilian OBOS. with English subtitles.
To learn more about the translation project: https://obosbrasil.com/
Learn more about adaptation: https://nossoscorpos.com.br/
April 24, 2021: BBC Radio: Our Bodies, Ourselves
November 26, 2019: ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ still resonates nearly 50 years later
November 1, 2019: OBOS 50th Anniversary in the news: Newton OBOS Writers Reminisce
May 10, 2019: Norma Swenson speaks at OBOS 50th Anniversary, Suffolk University, Boston
January 15, 2019: The Jewish voices behind ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’.
January 2018: Norma interviewed in Mujer y Salud issue no. 44. Spanish language pdf
March 31, 2018: Letter to Mary Raugust Howell (1932-1998), read at the 20th Anniversary Memorial Celebration for Mary Howell, Watertown Free Public Library. Video reading. Open pdf Letter.
November 22, 2017: Different Waves, Same Wavelength: Intergenerational Reflections on Feminism, interview by Melanie Floyd,
Formative Years: The Birth of Our Bodies Ourselves pdf
KEEPING UP THE FIGHT: A conversation with Our Bodies, Ourselves co-founder Norma Swenson,
by Alison Bigger. First published in Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging - May- June 2017.
Download pdf.
Gender, Health and Marginalization Through a Critical Feminist Lens - MIT course Fall 2014 for MIT’s Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies. Co-taught by Norma Swenson, Chris Bobel, and Silvia Dominguez, now available through MITOpenCourseWARE.
The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders - Read a page or buy
By Kathy Davis. Duke University Press, 2007
Varney's Midwifery. Publishers: Jones and Bartlett, ©2004. Pp.8.
By Helen Varney; Jan M Kriebs; Carolyn L Gegor
BACE Pioneers Video Norma Swenson, Justine Kelleher, Mary O'Brian, Patricia McLeod, Constance Bean, Hilary Salk, Barbara Toscano, Lisa Elliott, Karla Ellenbogen, Carole Kavanagh, Dana Paris-Mahoney, Claudia Stearns, Ami Burns, Angela Orangio, Cheryl Opper.
Activists Speak Out: Reflections on the Pursuit of Change in America - Read a page or buy
Edited by Marie Cieri, Claire Peeps
Palgrave Macmillan, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 279 pages
'Our Bodies, Ourselves' hits shelves in China
Boston Globe, December 20, 1998, by Ted Plafker
Pdf: obos_hits_china.12-20-1998.boston_globe.pdf
Women's Experience: Health issues in the 90's: Health care action, Where are the women?
VHS videotape, 1996. Norma Swenson discusses issues in women's health, focusing on her own career,
childbirth procedure, and health insurance for women. In tape 2 a panel discusses Norma's presentation
and the issues it raises.
Hillary Clinton Discovers How Chinese Women Fare
New York Times, Sunday June 28, 1998, by Elisabeth Rosenthal
"Chinese women hold up copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves"
Pdf: hillary_chinese_women.1998.pdf
Ourselves, Growing Older
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Simon & Schuster, 1994
Our Bodies, Ourselves
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Simon & Schuster, Random House 1971-2011
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Records at Schlesinger Library