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Informationen zum Autor A key figure in North American breast cancer history, Barbara Brenner was executive director of the nonprofit organization Breast Cancer Action, based in San Francisco. She died in 2013 at the age of sixty-one.Barbara Sjoholm is an author and translator. She was a cofounder of the feminist publisher Seal Press and an editor of many works of women’s studies. Rachel Morello-Frosch is professor of environmental science, policy, and management at University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the scientific advisory board of Breast Cancer Action.Anne Lamott is the author, most recently, of Small Victories, which includes an essay about Barbara Brenner. Klappentext A key figure in North American breast cancer history! Barbara Brenner was executive director of the nonprofit organization Breast Cancer Action! based in San Francisco. She died in 2013 at the age of sixty-one.Barbara Sjoholm is an author and translator. She was a cofounder of the feminist publisher Seal Press and an editor of many works of women’s studies. Rachel Morello-Frosch is professor of environmental science! policy! and management at University of California! Berkeley! and a member of the scientific advisory board of Breast Cancer Action.Anne Lamott is the author! most recently! of Small Victories! which includes an essay about Barbara Brenner. Zusammenfassung What kind of cancer is it? was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His answer: You don't need to know that. Wrong response. Brenner! who was already an activist! made knowing her business and spreading knowledge her mission. The power behind Breast Cancer Action(r) and its tra Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsA Portrait of Barbara BrennerBarbara SjoholmIntroduction: Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Action, and the Birth of a Politicized Breast Cancer MovementRachel Morello-FroschPart I: Building a Movement, 1996–2010Hope, Politics, and Living with Breast Cancer (August 1995)Loss and Inspiration (April 1996)Let Them Lick Stamps (August-September 1996)Fiddling While Rome Burns: The Latest Mammogram Controversy (April–May 1997)Reflections on a Handmaid’s Tale (October–November 1997)Words Matter (February–March 1998)My Sister’s Keeper (June–July 1998)Educate, Agitate, Organize—Now! (August–September 1998)One Pill Makes You Smaller... (October–November 1998)Thinking Out Loud: Toward a New Research Strategy (December 1998–January 1999)Rolling the Dice (April–May 1999)Respecting the Past, Creating the Future (July–August 2000)Making Choices (March–April 2001)Living on the Edge (May–June 2001)Breast Cancer Treatment: Promise vs. Reality (September–October 2001)Exercise Your Mind (March–April 2002)The Crazy Days of Autumn (January 2003)Lessons from Long Island (November–December 2002)Waging War, Making Connections (September–October 2003)Solving the Breast Cancer Puzzle: Advancing the Research Revolution (March 2004)Forests and Trees: Reflections on Pink Bracelets and Narrow Visions (March–April 2005)Fifteen Years of Activism: Standing on Many Shoulders (June 2005)Era of Hope, Hype or Hoax: Is It Time for Change in the DOD Breast Cancer Research Program? (August–September 2005)Meaningful Results: Getting What We Need From Science (August–September 2006)BCA’s Survey on Aromatase Inhibitors: Meeting the Needs of Patients (December 2006)Moving beyond the Personal in Environmental Health (September–October 2007)Putting Patients First: The Need for Better Standards at the FDA (May 2008)The Organic Process of Activism: Think Before You Pink, Then and Now (September 2008)Breast Cancer Awareness Month: The Present Looks like the Past (Fall 2009)So Much to Celebrate, So Much to Be Done (Fall 2010)Part II: Thoughts on Dying and Living, 2011–2013Don’t Ask Me How I Am (March 4, 2011)Patient? Who’s Patient? (March 15, 2011)Don’t Make Promises You Can’t Keep—Especially in Health (M...
