Editor’s Note: Dear Readers, Please allow me to introduce our newest writer, David L. Jaffe. David is a fellow social worker, environmentalist, and an all-around great human. He has joined our small pool of male allies writing for Philanthropy Women. Please welcome David and giving him lots of love for taking on the ultimate uphill battle by becoming a writer-activist feminist in these ultra-regressive times. I am confident David’s perceptive and insightful ways will contribute handily to Philanthropy Women’s discourse about women donors and their allies.

“Location, location, location”—it matters! Not just in the context of real estate but in the context of women’s health. Where you live in this country, the state you reside in, has a direct bearing on your overall health (both physical and mental); the care and support you can expect to receive; the accessibility and cost of that care; your reproductive rights and maternal care; and even the number of local health and wellness charities providing services and advocacy.
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