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Who are the Granny Midwives?

Are you familiar with Granny Midwives? In the early years of my journey to become a birth worker I found little to no mention of the...

Who is Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler?

Dr. Crumpler is the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree. She earned her degree from the New England...

Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey. The MOTHERS of Modern Gynecology.

We want to familiarize you with these names. We want people to say their names. Lucy Anarcha Betsey These enslaved women were used by a...

Black Women were the Founders of the Reproductive Justice Movement

Did you know that the term Reproductive Justice was coined by Women of Color in the 1990s? Reproductive Justice is the right to have...