title: "Go to Ruth's House": the social activism of Ruth Lubic and the family health and birth center.
abstract: This case of the work of Ruth Watson Lubic, an internationally known nurse midwife and women's and children's health care activist, provides a modern-day example of the intersection of forceful individual personalities, nursing as a type of activism in itself, and grassroots and local actions that produce larger movement-based activist organizations. Her work as a nurse midwife, in partnership with other nurse midwives, physicians, and community members, illustrates how the efforts of individual actors at a grassroots community level can be as significant as larger traditionally situated activist movements on the lives of everyday citizens.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fairman
mesh_terms: D004219:District of Columbia; D019513:Feminism / Q000266:history*; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics; D012935:Social Justice / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health / Q000266:history; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000266:history