Norma with Paula Doress-Worters and students of the Feminist Activism class at University of Massachusetts, Boston - March 10, 2017
EVENTS
July 2022 Our Body Ourselves, 50 Years Later - Womens Health Movement
Milan, Italy. 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).
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/
December 30, 2022
Debunk Speaks To Norma Swenson by Rasna Warah, Nairobi, Kenya
October 30, 2019: Newton Centre, MA. Norma's OBOS Oral history Interview with Clara Bingham.
October 28, 2019: Boston, MA. Film showing, “Our Bodies, Our Doctors”. Sherman Auditorium Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (Ob-Gyn).
May 10, 2019: Boston, MA. 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Our Bodies Ourselves 50th Anniversary Celebration: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow. Suffolk University Law School,120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108. Organized by the The Center for Women's Health and Human Rights (CWHHR) at Suffolk University. Register for free to attend.
March 24, 2019: Beverly, MA. Guest speaker, Massachusetts Chapter of American College of Nurses, March 2019 meeting.
October 14, 2018: South Portland, ME. Time TBA. Midwives Alliance of North America 2018 Conference, OBOS Founder Norma Swenson, with other founder members of Our Bodies, Ourselves, reflect on the history and present involvement of Our Bodies, Ourselves with birthing, maternity care, and midwifery issues, starting with early chapters in their book, Our Bodies, Ourselves. Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland, ME 04106.
September 20, 2018: Columbia University, NYC. Panelist: Columbia Working Group on Menstrual Health & Gender Justice. MAP: International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Room 707. 5:30 PM.
July 8, 2018: West Newton, MA. Time TBA. First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton
Summer Sunday Morning Meeting: “Our Bodies, Ourselves: Feminist Reflections On Women’s Resistance” with OBOS Founder, Norma Swenson. A feminist activist for a half-century, Norma raises provocative questions about how “progress” for women is measured, by whom, and who benefits – or loses – from dramatic social movement changes today. West Newton Unitarian Church, 1326 Washington Street, West Newton, MA.
May 23, 2018: Brookline, MA. 7:00 PM.She's Beautiful When She's Angry :Wide Lens film.
290 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446. Phone: 617-734-2500.
Coolidge Corner Theatre General Tickets. Coolidge Member Tickets. Post screening talkback with Norma Swenson
and other feminist activists, including other OBOS founders who appear in the film.
May 23, 2018: Sharon, MA. 1:00-2:30. Sharon Community Center: "Our Bodies, Ourselves: Then and Now," luncheon, Panel and Discussion, with Co-Founders, Founders and Co-Authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves [the organization and the best-selling book, Our Bodies, Ourselves. Panel Discussion with Founders Joan Ditzion, Paula Doress- Worters, Miriam Nancy Hawley, and Norma Swenson, describing their experiences with the revolutionary best selling feminist book, now in its ninth edition, and how their advocacy and activist work in health and sexuality today continues to expand and change. Audience members from the Sharon Senior Center will respond with their own experiences and stories, and how we all can keep working together for progressive changes today. Concludes with book signing.
219 Massapoag Ave, Sharon, MA 02067. Free.
March 31, 2018: Watertown, MA. 20th Anniversary Memorial Celebration for Mary Raugust Howell (1932-1998), first woman dean at Harvard Medical School. Watertown Free Public Library, 12:00.
Norma reads her Letter to MaryVideo. Download the pdf Letter.
October 19, 2017: Brooklyn, NY. Our Bodies, Ourselves Founders receive a Sackler Center First Award at The Brooklyn Museum. Video courtesy of Hannah Doress.
Milan, Italy. 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).
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/
December 30, 2022
Debunk Speaks To Norma Swenson by Rasna Warah, Nairobi, Kenya
October 30, 2019: Newton Centre, MA. Norma's OBOS Oral history Interview with Clara Bingham.
October 28, 2019: Boston, MA. Film showing, “Our Bodies, Our Doctors”. Sherman Auditorium Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (Ob-Gyn).
May 10, 2019: Boston, MA. 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Our Bodies Ourselves 50th Anniversary Celebration: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow. Suffolk University Law School,120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108. Organized by the The Center for Women's Health and Human Rights (CWHHR) at Suffolk University. Register for free to attend.
March 24, 2019: Beverly, MA. Guest speaker, Massachusetts Chapter of American College of Nurses, March 2019 meeting.
October 14, 2018: South Portland, ME. Time TBA. Midwives Alliance of North America 2018 Conference, OBOS Founder Norma Swenson, with other founder members of Our Bodies, Ourselves, reflect on the history and present involvement of Our Bodies, Ourselves with birthing, maternity care, and midwifery issues, starting with early chapters in their book, Our Bodies, Ourselves. Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland, ME 04106.
September 20, 2018: Columbia University, NYC. Panelist: Columbia Working Group on Menstrual Health & Gender Justice. MAP: International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Room 707. 5:30 PM.
July 8, 2018: West Newton, MA. Time TBA. First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton
Summer Sunday Morning Meeting: “Our Bodies, Ourselves: Feminist Reflections On Women’s Resistance” with OBOS Founder, Norma Swenson. A feminist activist for a half-century, Norma raises provocative questions about how “progress” for women is measured, by whom, and who benefits – or loses – from dramatic social movement changes today. West Newton Unitarian Church, 1326 Washington Street, West Newton, MA.
May 23, 2018: Brookline, MA. 7:00 PM.She's Beautiful When She's Angry :Wide Lens film.
290 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446. Phone: 617-734-2500.
Coolidge Corner Theatre General Tickets. Coolidge Member Tickets. Post screening talkback with Norma Swenson
and other feminist activists, including other OBOS founders who appear in the film.
May 23, 2018: Sharon, MA. 1:00-2:30. Sharon Community Center: "Our Bodies, Ourselves: Then and Now," luncheon, Panel and Discussion, with Co-Founders, Founders and Co-Authors of Our Bodies, Ourselves [the organization and the best-selling book, Our Bodies, Ourselves. Panel Discussion with Founders Joan Ditzion, Paula Doress- Worters, Miriam Nancy Hawley, and Norma Swenson, describing their experiences with the revolutionary best selling feminist book, now in its ninth edition, and how their advocacy and activist work in health and sexuality today continues to expand and change. Audience members from the Sharon Senior Center will respond with their own experiences and stories, and how we all can keep working together for progressive changes today. Concludes with book signing.
219 Massapoag Ave, Sharon, MA 02067. Free.
March 31, 2018: Watertown, MA. 20th Anniversary Memorial Celebration for Mary Raugust Howell (1932-1998), first woman dean at Harvard Medical School. Watertown Free Public Library, 12:00.
Norma reads her Letter to MaryVideo. Download the pdf Letter.
October 19, 2017: Brooklyn, NY. Our Bodies, Ourselves Founders receive a Sackler Center First Award at The Brooklyn Museum. Video courtesy of Hannah Doress.
Our Bodies, Ourselves Founders receiving a Sackler Center First Award from Gloria Steinem at The Brooklyn Museum, October 19, 2017. Photographer unknown.
September 12, 2017: New York Times Video on Our Bodies, Ourselves, featuring Judy Norsigian, former OBOS Executive Director.
August 20, 2017: Lecce, Italy. Meet Norma Swenson of the Boston Group, Our Bodies Ourselves. Norma comments on the process of creating Our Bodies, Ourselves, and takes questions on issues current to Italian women. 7:00 PM at Fondo Verri, Via Santa Maria del Paradiso, 8A, 73100, Lecce, Italy. Watch the 3-part video.
May 17, 2017: Beverly, MA. Our Bodies, Ourselves Panel Discussion. Hosted by City of Beverly Council on Aging. 90 Colon Street, Beverly, MA 01915 - Suite A & B.
April 18, 2017: Cambridge, MA. MIT “DAY OF ENGAGEMENT, DAY OF ACTION”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1672597032755434/
GCWS Faculty organizer/panelistFighting for Abortion’s New Future” with Marlene Fried and Susan Yannow.
Co-sponsored by Our Bodies, Ourselves
March 10, 2017: Boston, MA. Guest Lecturer with Paula Doress-Worters, at Feminist Activism class, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
September 15, 2016: Cambridge, MA. Cycles of Women's Lives: Learning From Each Other, lecture by Norma Swenson.
At The Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Part of the lecture series: Making A Difference: Exciting Women Changing the World. See pdf flyer.
October 16, 2014: Cambridge, MA. Health, Wealth, and Women's Bodies, lecture by Norma Swenson.
At The Democracy Center. This lecture is part of a 10-week lecture and discussion forum addressing topics relevant to our society, aimed at better understanding our world and ourselves. The Fall 2014 series examines the theme of ”Class and Privileg e Through a Feminist Lens.” Sponsored by Women Explore. See pdf flyer.
September 25, 2014: After Tiller - film screening at Harvard School of Public Health. Co-organized by Norma Swenson. Sponsored by Women, Gender & Health Group at Harvard School of Public Health.
August 20, 2017: Lecce, Italy. Meet Norma Swenson of the Boston Group, Our Bodies Ourselves. Norma comments on the process of creating Our Bodies, Ourselves, and takes questions on issues current to Italian women. 7:00 PM at Fondo Verri, Via Santa Maria del Paradiso, 8A, 73100, Lecce, Italy. Watch the 3-part video.
May 17, 2017: Beverly, MA. Our Bodies, Ourselves Panel Discussion. Hosted by City of Beverly Council on Aging. 90 Colon Street, Beverly, MA 01915 - Suite A & B.
April 18, 2017: Cambridge, MA. MIT “DAY OF ENGAGEMENT, DAY OF ACTION”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1672597032755434/
GCWS Faculty organizer/panelistFighting for Abortion’s New Future” with Marlene Fried and Susan Yannow.
Co-sponsored by Our Bodies, Ourselves
March 10, 2017: Boston, MA. Guest Lecturer with Paula Doress-Worters, at Feminist Activism class, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
September 15, 2016: Cambridge, MA. Cycles of Women's Lives: Learning From Each Other, lecture by Norma Swenson.
At The Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Part of the lecture series: Making A Difference: Exciting Women Changing the World. See pdf flyer.
October 16, 2014: Cambridge, MA. Health, Wealth, and Women's Bodies, lecture by Norma Swenson.
At The Democracy Center. This lecture is part of a 10-week lecture and discussion forum addressing topics relevant to our society, aimed at better understanding our world and ourselves. The Fall 2014 series examines the theme of ”Class and Privileg e Through a Feminist Lens.” Sponsored by Women Explore. See pdf flyer.
September 25, 2014: After Tiller - film screening at Harvard School of Public Health. Co-organized by Norma Swenson. Sponsored by Women, Gender & Health Group at Harvard School of Public Health.