UCLA Center for the Study of Women

“From Protest to Policy: Women’s Social Movement Activities in Los Angeles, 1960-1999,” a multi-year research project by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women examined the how grassroots advocacy has shaped gender-related public policy in the arts, employment, healthcare, and higher education through an analysis of local women’s groups in Los Angeles between 1960 and 1999. During this period, women’s community groups organized around gender-based problems their members encountered in their lives, their families, and their neighborhoods. The following annotated bibliography represents the key sources referenced while researching the development of and key issues surrounding women’s healthcare initiatives in California. This bibliography contains resources that discuss the development of NGOs to support women’s health, public policy surrounding issues of women’s health and safety, and the work of community organizing and activism that supported the health and safety of women in California.