A quick Google search for ‘menstrual pad’ credits its invention to Benjamin Franklin. But don’t believe everything you read; this revolutionary advancement in reproductive healthcare was actually developed by a Black woman by the name of Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner.
“It [Reproductive justice] enabled us to center ourselves and talk about our lived experiences in ways that the reproductive health and reproductive rights movement didn't allow us to do, and so what you had was black women and other women of color create their own movement.” - Toni Bond Leonard
Every year at this time, pro-choice activists celebrate an important anniversary: the 1973 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in Roe v. Wade. But celebrating this year feels bittersweet.