Rome successfully campaigned at grassroots levels at getting standardized absorbency ratings onto tampons, and was a consumer representative for the Food and Drug Administration in bringing about a partial moratorium on silicone-gel breast implants in 1992.
[6] The book, which initially discussed abortion and birth control,[5] was updated and expanded,[2] and later published in several languages on a mass scale by Simon & Schuster in 1973.
[6] From the 1970s onward, Rome understood that sexually transmitted infections (STI) had become an important concern for women, and recognized advice provided to those about the diseases were primarily directed from the perspective of males.
[1][3] Her campaigning at the grassroots level prompted the passage of legislation to mandate standardized absorbency ratings of tampons,[3][6] which included a warning and a pamphlet to inform individuals of the possible risks and safe usage of their products.
[2] From 1988 until her death in 1994,[6] Rome was involved in lobbying the Food and Drug Administration as a consumer representative to study a possibilities of hazards of silicone-gel breast implants and sought to regulate them.
The book was published in 1996 and analyses health issues arising from domestic violence, starvation diets and cosmetic surgery in relation to a women's wish to accommodate their partners in a close relationship.
[1] She was a feminist,[2][3][5] practiced Judaism,[1] celebrated the Sabbath with her family on Friday nights, and was actively involved with the Temple B'nai B'rith in Somerville.