Women's Health Care Study Guide with Questions and Answers

1830s/40s Popular Health Movement: focus on women as caregivers in the home. Emphasis on reproductive and contraceptive rights, knowing dangers of child birth. Elimination of corset. 1861-65 Civil War: women moved caregiving outside of the home in order to take care of men in the war. Legitimized themselves as good nurses. 1873-90 Women's Medical Movement: opening of nurse training schools and women going to medical school. Emphasis in creating equality in the profession between men and women. The Progressive Era: The birth control movement. The second amendment in 1920. Still no equal rights. s WW2/Postwar: men went to war so women took over as workers. When men came back, women became unemployed and were unhappy about it. Kinsey reports show that women actually have sex. 1960s-70s The Grassroots Movement: grassroots organizations challenged authority of male practitioners. women demanded to have more control over their personal health care. legalization of BC. Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. Title 9. 250 advocacy groups and 2000 self hep groups. Our Bodies, Ourselves published. WOMEN HELPING WOMEN. 1980s Policy Change: Federal organization: ORWH- oversees that women are included in research study. no longer have assumption that women are similar to men. Women's health equity act provided federal money for research and gave medicaid for pap test and mammogram. 1990s Forefront of women's health. Combines govt., health care institutions, organizations, and academia.