Our Bodies, Ourselves

Who We Are

Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC), is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization. Beginning in 1970 with the publication of the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, OBOS has inspired the women’s health movement by:

• Producing books that make accurate health and medical information accessible to a broad audience by weaving women’s stories into a framework of practical, clearly written text
  
  
• Identifying and collaborating with exemplary individuals and organizations that provide services, generate research and policy analysis, and organize for social change
  
  
• Inspiring and empowering women to become engaged in the political aspects of sustaining good health for themselves and their communities