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A '70s bible and its ongoing evolution

By Robin Dougherty
May 1, 2005

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In 1969, the year that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a dozen women attending a conference in Boston sat down and began one of the most significant earthbound discoveries of the 20th century -- the importance of teaching women about their bodies. By the following year, the group put out a booklet titled ''Women and Their Bodies," a radical ... (Full article: 1095 words)

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