Jane Sprague Zones

Jane Sprague Zones, Ph.D., is medical sociologist at the University at California at San Francisco. A long-time women’s health advocate, she is former chair of the board of directors of the National Women’s Health Network. She is on the steering committee of the California Women’s Health Council. Author of many women’s health articles, she is also editor of The San Diego Women’s Haggadah and serves on the board of Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Jane Sprague Zones." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/zones-jane>.