Barbara Seaman (September 11, 1935 – February 27, 2008) was an American author, feminist activist, and journalist, and a principal founder of the women's health movement.

Seaman, whose parents, Henry J. Rosner and Sophie Kimels, met at a Young People's Socialist League (1907) picnic, grew up in a politically progressive milieu.

The dramatic events surrounding the hearings brought together many soon-to-be prominent health feminists for the first time, and encouraged them to pursue further action.

Also in 1975, Seaman made "Four Demands"—a speech at Harvard Medical School in which she called for more women be admitted to training in obstetrics and gynecology.

[7] She later helped to write major obituaries for her fellow activists in the women's health movement, including Dr. Mary Howell and Lorraine Rothman.

Due to her criticism of the birth control pill and other commercially important pharmaceutical products, Seaman was fired, blacklisted, and censored on numerous occasions.

[8][9] U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney, in the Congressional Record (October 17, 2005), stated that, "In the 1980s Barbara was essentially blacklisted from magazines by pharmaceutical companies who would not advertise in publications that carried her stories.

Seaman continued to write about hormonal contraceptives, childbirth, and the unwillingness of some doctors and pharmaceutical companies to disclose risks to patients and consumers.

[10] She collaborated with Laura Eldridge on two books, The No Nonsense Guide to Menopause[11] released in 2008 (Simon & Schuster) and Voices of the Women's Health Movement (Seven Stories Press)[12] to be published in January 2012.