Rose Kushner is an incredible and intriguing person. I’m glad we got the chance to have a look at some of her extremely important literature on breast cancer. I took the chance to look up Rose Kushner and read about her life online and I was amazed. Upon learning about the fact that she had breast cancer, Kushner took it upon herself to learn more about the disease attacking her body, and the best ways to treat it. She rejected traditional treatment and looked for alternative and less invasive treatment options. She wrote Breast Cancer as a way to make available to other women the information she learned about the disease and its treatment. She advocated for women to educate and choose for themselves the way their bodies should be treated instead of a male-led government and medical field having the final say over women’s bodies. She brought wide spread attention to the disease and options and influenced change. I think Kushner’s work is critical to the breast cancer awareness movement because it allows women to have more control and power over their bodies as a result of the knowledge brought forth.