Carol Downer

Carol Downer is an American feminist lawyer. In 1972, Downer’s arrest, trial and acquittal in a case dubbed “The Great Yogurt Conspiracy” brought national attention to the women’s health education project that she and her colleagues started, the Feminist Women’s Health Centers.  She is the co-author of A New View of a Woman’s Body and How to Stay Out of the Gynecologist’s Office.

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