Intimate Wars

by Merle Hoffman

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  First printing January 2012

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Hoffman, Merle, 1946–

  Intimate wars : the life and times of the woman who brought abortion from the back alley to the board room / Merle Hoffman.

  p. ; cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  eISBN : 978-1-558-61757-5

  1. Pro-choice movement—United States. 2. Women’s rights—United States.

  3. Hoffman, Merle, 1946–4. Feminism—United States. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Hoffman, Merle, 1946–2. Abortion, Legal--United States—Autobiography. 3. Women’s Rights--United States--Autobiography.

  4. Abortion, Legal—history—United States. 5. Feminism—United States—Autobiography. 6. Feminism—history—United States. 7. History, 20th Century—United States. 8. History, 21st Century—United States.

  9. Women’s Rights—history—United States. WZ 100] HQ767.5.U5H.46092—dc23

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