This Is How We Fix Women’s Health

Hi Everyone,

I’m back. Last week, I introduced you to 51& and why I believe this moment matters for women’s health.

I promised 3 emails walking you through 51& and how we will create systemic change for women’s health. A note — please don’t unsubscribe — you’ll loose access to the weekly jobs emails from In Women’s Health if you do.

Don’t worry, after next week we’ll be back to career-only focused programming.

Today, I want to make two things very clear:

• How change actually happens

• What being a member of 51&  means for you

Because this isn’t abstract. It shows up in your care, your costs, and your life.

Many of you have asked me over the last week, “How does money actually create power?”

You know I’m all about real-talk so let’s be honest about how systems change.

Money gets you in the room.
Being in the room gives you legitimacy.
Legitimacy gets you into the conversation.
And when you bring leverage to that conversation, you matter.

Money helps create that leverage. Not by buying policy, but by aggregating votes, dollars, and attention in a way decision-makers can’t ignore.

That’s the model behind 51&.

What that looks like in women’s health

Women’s health isn’t powerless. It’s fragmented.

There are incredible founders, clinicians, researchers, advocates, and patients working across fertility, pregnancy, menopause, chronic disease, mental health, and more.

Too often, everyone is pushing alone.

Let’s be honest. Right now, we aren’t playing the money game well. And where the dollars go, the attention goes.

51& exists to fund and coordinate work that helps the entire women’s health ecosystem move together, including:

• Funding research that applies across multiple areas of women’s health, creating evidence that opens doors everywhere

• Funding coordinated policy efforts, so progress doesn’t depend on one meeting or one news cycle

• Funding shared infrastructure and collaboration, so the field moves together instead of in silos

• Funding cultural conversations that normalize women’s health as a public priority — because policy doesn’t lead culture; it follows what society already treats as urgent.

• Funding gets women’s health in the room, on the agenda.

This is how fragmented energy becomes real leverage.

But what does this mean for me? How will I feel it in my life?

When the system changes, your care changes.

We are fighting for real impact you can feel. Things like:

Better coverage
So you’re not guessing whether care will be denied.
So women-specific care is covered because it’s necessary — not optional.

Longer, better appointments
So your doctor isn’t rushing you through a seven-minute visit.
So symptoms are taken seriously the first time.

Doctors trained in women’s bodies
So female biology isn’t an afterthought.
So “we don’t know” isn’t the default answer.

Lower medical costs
So women stop paying more out of pocket for under-researched care.
So access isn’t determined by wealth or luck.

Earlier answers and fewer dead ends
So it doesn’t take years to get a diagnosis.
So you’re not bounced from specialist to specialist without a plan.

A system built with women as the default
Not the exception.
Not the footnote.
The starting point.

We Change the System. You Benefit in More Ways than One.

51& membership comes with real, tangible value — and long-term impact.

As a member, you get:

• $500+ in discounts from 30+ women’s health brands, including Evvy, OhmBody, and 100+ more to be announced soon

• Access to Member-only events, online and in person, with policy leaders, leading physicians, researchers, and operators

• 20% off the exclusive 51& Store, including limited-edition merchandise drops

• A voice in what we fund, helping shape where dollars go to change the system

• A real seat at the table, with priority access to briefings and conversations where women’s health decisions are being shaped

• Coming soon: digital tools designed to help you understand your healthcare and save money

• A legacy-building opportunity to help improve women’s health for generations to come

Why membership matters — and why timing matters

None of this happens without pressure.
And pressure doesn’t happen without coordination.

51& brings together dollars, people, and attention to create sustained leverage for women’s health.

Your membership isn’t symbolic.
It’s how frustration becomes force.

Right now, we’re in a founding window.

We opened a limited lifetime membership so early supporters could lock in a one-time $100 membership for life — instead of paying $100 every year.

We just crossed our first 500 members. They are in the company of industry leaders, leading clinicians, doctors who want to change the system and men and women from across the country who believe in the power of coming together around shared women’s health experiences. Join us.

The window for lifetime membership closes in two weeks at the end of the year.

Once it closes, pricing moves to an annual model and this founding moment passes.

If you’ve been waiting for the right time, this is it.

Because the people who join now don’t just support this work —
they help shape it from the beginning.

Join 51& here before lifetime membership closes

And if you’ve already joined — thank you. Truly.
This work only moves forward because people like you step in early.

I’ll be back next week with one final note and then we’ll return to our regular In Women’s Health programming.

With gratitude,
Jodi
Founder, 51& 
Founder, In Women’s Health