Junctures in Women's Leadership: Health Care and Public Health

MARY E. O'DOWD works for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and is on the Advisory Board for the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University. She served as the NJ Department of Health Commissioner, and held positions at NYU Medical Center, NJHA and the NJ General Assembly. RUTH CHARBONNEAU works at Thomas Jefferson University’s Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp. She served in the leadership team for several Commissioners of the NJ Department of Health and was a NJ Governor’s Fellow.

Foreword to the Series 
New Foreword to the Series
Preface 

Katsi Cook: “Research and Ceremonies and Healing Are an Empowerment Process”—a Mohawk Midwife Brings the Needs of Women into Environmental Health Research 
Elizabeth Hoover

Mona Hanna-Attisha: Using Her Voice to Advocate for Environmental Justice in the City of Flint 
Colleen Blake and Mary E. O’Dowd

Katharine Dexter McCormick: Examining an Advocate’s Path—Advancing Women’s Reproductive Rights through Philanthropic Support for Oral Contraception Development 
Mary Wachter and Erica Reed

Mary Engle Pennington: Transforming Food Safety with the Power of Persuasion and a Steadfast Commitment to Good Science and the Public’s Health 
Akanksha Arya and Christina Tan

Florence Schorske Wald: Standing by Her Principles—Not by a Title—to Bring Hospice to the United States 
Patricia A. Findley, Suzanne Willard, and Jacqueline Hunterton-Anderson

Virginia Apgar: Focusing on Prevention, She Structurally Transformed Maternal and Child Health for Generations 
Mary E. O’Dowd and Colleen Blake

Marilyn Gaston: Changing the Face of Healthcare through Research, Public Service, and Community Health 
Denise V. Rodgers and Grace Ibitamuno

Jane E. Brody: Using Journalism to Impact Personal Health, One Column at a Time 
Dawn Thomas and Christina Chesnakov

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey: Leading the Nation to Adopt a Culture of Health 
Raquel Mazon Jeffers and Christina Chesnakov

Marilyn Tavenner: From Crashing Patients to Crashing Websites 
Heather Howard and Carson Clay

Ruth Williams-Brinkley: Facing Opportunities and Challenges at the Intersection of Community and Healthcare 
Elizabeth A. Ryan, Ruth Charbonneau, and Alexander M. Bartke

Suerie Moon: Shaping the Governance of a Complex Global Health System to Achieve Equity 
Alexander M. Bartke and Ann Marie Hill

Acknowledgments
Contributors 
Index