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Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room
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Title: Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room
Author: Merle Hoffman
ISBN: 9781558617513
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Available as an ebook on:
Number of Pages: 336
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A "searingly honest debut memoir" from an activist and award-winning journalist who made a woman's right to choose her life's work (Kirkus Reviews). Merle Hoffman had built a life as a classical pianist and self-made millionaire before her passion for the equality and freedom of girls and women drew her to a bigger cause: protecting a woman's right to have a safe and legal abortion. Hoffman became an expert in women's reproductive healthcare and used her entrepreneurial spirit to build one of the most comprehensive women's medical centers in the country. In 1971, two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision made abortion legal throughout the US, Hoffman founded the New York abortion clinic Choices. As a medical provider, she pioneered "patient power," encouraging women to participate in their own health care decisions. Through her singular journey, Hoffman had many loves and even adopted a daughter from Russia, but never wavered in her commitment to fighting on the front lines of the feminist movement.
Author: Merle Hoffman
ISBN: 9781558617513
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Available as an ebook on:
Number of Pages: 336
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A "searingly honest debut memoir" from an activist and award-winning journalist who made a woman's right to choose her life's work (Kirkus Reviews). Merle Hoffman had built a life as a classical pianist and self-made millionaire before her passion for the equality and freedom of girls and women drew her to a bigger cause: protecting a woman's right to have a safe and legal abortion. Hoffman became an expert in women's reproductive healthcare and used her entrepreneurial spirit to build one of the most comprehensive women's medical centers in the country. In 1971, two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision made abortion legal throughout the US, Hoffman founded the New York abortion clinic Choices. As a medical provider, she pioneered "patient power," encouraging women to participate in their own health care decisions. Through her singular journey, Hoffman had many loves and even adopted a daughter from Russia, but never wavered in her commitment to fighting on the front lines of the feminist movement.
