The Black women's health book : speaking for ourselves / edited by Evelyn C. White.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Seattle, Wash. : Seal Press, c1990.Description: xvi, 301 p. : port. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0931188865 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613/.0424/08996073 20
LOC classification:
  • RA778 .B645 1990
Contents:
In answer to the question: have you ever considered suicide / Kate Rushin -- Breathing life into ourselves: the evolution of the National Black Women's Health Project / Byllye Y. Avery -- Rocking in the sun light: stress and Black women / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Prescriptions of root doctors / Zora Neale Hurston -- Sick and tired of being sick and tired: the politics of Black women's health / Angela Y. Davis -- Living with cancer / Audre Lorde -- On cancer and conjuring / Janis Coombs Epps -- Surpassing obstacles: pioneering Black women physicians / Melissa Blount -- On becoming a physician: a dream not deferred / Vanessa Northington Gamble -- Doctor's journal: healing from the inside out / Lorraine Bonner -- Roots / Lucille Clifton -- I call up names: facing childhood sexual abuse / Andrea R. Canaan -- A daughter survives incest: a retrospective analysis / Linda H. Hollies -- Love don't always make it right: Black women and domestic violence / Evelyn C. White -- Thank you Jesus to myself: the life of a traditional Black midwife / Linda Janet Holmes -- Teenage pregnancy: a case for national action / Faye Wattleton -- In a family way: notes from a teenage Black mother / Marsha R. Leslie -- Abortion: a matter of choice / Judy D. Simmons -- The Black family in America / Marian Wright Edelman -- Controlling hypertension / Pamela Sherrod -- Sickle cell anemia and me / Forrestine A. Bragg -- Lupus and Black women: managing a complex chronic disability / Vida Labrie Jones -- The best foot forward: a Black woman deals with diabetes / K. Malaika Williams -- Looking at the total picture: a conversation with health activist Beverly Smith / Andrea Lewis and Beverly Smith -- AIDS: in living color / Beth Richie -- Aid of AMERICA / Imani Harrington -- Black prostitutes and AIDS / Gloria Lockett -- Bar none: the health of incarcerated Black women / Sean Reynolds -- Taking the home out of homophobia: Black lesbian health / Jewelle L. Gomez and Barbara Smith -- A tribute to a sister: Pat Parker, 1944-1989 / Evelyn C. White -- Massage (for Margaret) / Pat Parker -- Speaking of grief: today I feel real low, I hope you understand / Bridgett M. Davis -- Ethnic and cultural diversity in feminist therapy: keys to power / Julia A. Boyd -- One determination: a Black female dentist speaks / Denise Alexander -- Service without subservience: reflections of a registered nurse / Cheryl M. Killion -- Moving targets: alcohol, crack and Black women / Sheila Battle -- Black, female, and sober / Lulu F. -- Look for guidance: how I stopped smoking / Mary Lou Lee -- Coming home: one Black woman's journey to health and fitness / Georgiana Arnold -- Beauty: when the other dancer is the self / Alice Walker -- New bones / Lucille Clifton.
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Book Book Stonewall Non-Fiction RA 778 BLA 1990 1 Available 09311888621

Includes bibliographical references.

In answer to the question: have you ever considered suicide / Kate Rushin -- Breathing life into ourselves: the evolution of the National Black Women's Health Project / Byllye Y. Avery -- Rocking in the sun light: stress and Black women / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Prescriptions of root doctors / Zora Neale Hurston -- Sick and tired of being sick and tired: the politics of Black women's health / Angela Y. Davis -- Living with cancer / Audre Lorde -- On cancer and conjuring / Janis Coombs Epps -- Surpassing obstacles: pioneering Black women physicians / Melissa Blount -- On becoming a physician: a dream not deferred / Vanessa Northington Gamble -- Doctor's journal: healing from the inside out / Lorraine Bonner -- Roots / Lucille Clifton -- I call up names: facing childhood sexual abuse / Andrea R. Canaan -- A daughter survives incest: a retrospective analysis / Linda H. Hollies -- Love don't always make it right: Black women and domestic violence / Evelyn C. White -- Thank you Jesus to myself: the life of a traditional Black midwife / Linda Janet Holmes -- Teenage pregnancy: a case for national action / Faye Wattleton -- In a family way: notes from a teenage Black mother / Marsha R. Leslie -- Abortion: a matter of choice / Judy D. Simmons -- The Black family in America / Marian Wright Edelman -- Controlling hypertension / Pamela Sherrod -- Sickle cell anemia and me / Forrestine A. Bragg -- Lupus and Black women: managing a complex chronic disability / Vida Labrie Jones -- The best foot forward: a Black woman deals with diabetes / K. Malaika Williams -- Looking at the total picture: a conversation with health activist Beverly Smith / Andrea Lewis and Beverly Smith -- AIDS: in living color / Beth Richie -- Aid of AMERICA / Imani Harrington -- Black prostitutes and AIDS / Gloria Lockett -- Bar none: the health of incarcerated Black women / Sean Reynolds -- Taking the home out of homophobia: Black lesbian health / Jewelle L. Gomez and Barbara Smith -- A tribute to a sister: Pat Parker, 1944-1989 / Evelyn C. White -- Massage (for Margaret) / Pat Parker -- Speaking of grief: today I feel real low, I hope you understand / Bridgett M. Davis -- Ethnic and cultural diversity in feminist therapy: keys to power / Julia A. Boyd -- One determination: a Black female dentist speaks / Denise Alexander -- Service without subservience: reflections of a registered nurse / Cheryl M. Killion -- Moving targets: alcohol, crack and Black women / Sheila Battle -- Black, female, and sober / Lulu F. -- Look for guidance: how I stopped smoking / Mary Lou Lee -- Coming home: one Black woman's journey to health and fitness / Georgiana Arnold -- Beauty: when the other dancer is the self / Alice Walker -- New bones / Lucille Clifton.

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