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On Thursday, Feb. 25, Judy Norsigian, author of Our Bodies, Ourselves, will speak on the topic Four and a Half Decades of Advancing Women's Health and Human Rights, during a program at New College of Florida. The event, part of the New Topics New College series, will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Sainer Pavilion. The cost is $20 for the general public; the program is free for New College faculty, staff and students. Tickets may be reserved online or by calling 487-4888. Sainer Pavilion is located at 5313 Bay Shore Road on the college's Caples Campus in Sarasota. Norsigian will discuss the major challenges to women today in regard to reproductive health and justice, a news release says. Norsigian is one of the founders of Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), also known as the Boston Women's Health Collective, the OBOS website explains. Since 2001, she has been executive director of the organization and its primary spokesperson, the website adds. She also has been an editor for each of the nine editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, "the organization's landmark book on women's health and sexuality," the website points out. A revised edition of the book was published by Simon & Schuster in 2011, 40 years after its initial appearance. The Library of Congress has named the original version one of the "88 books that has shaped America," according to the news release. Copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves will be avail- able for purchase, the release notes. AUTHOR OF OUR BODIES, OURSELVES TO SPEAK AT NEW COLLEGE Judy Norsigian, author of Our Bodies Ourselves, will be the speaker at a New College of Florida program on Feb. 25. Contributed image SarasotaNewsLeader.com Sarasota News Leader February 21, 2014 Page 80