Studies in the area of “women’s health” tend to focus on the reproductive capacity of the female body, positioning a person’s ability to bear children as the most pressing health issue. This approach contributes to the historically-rooted and ongoing neglect of sex and gender-related health conditions that are not explicitly linked to reproduction. The same is true for historical scholarship – we know a lot about histories of pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, and abortion, but less about “everyday” pelvic pain and pelvic health. Our research project Pelvic Health in Public Health in Twentieth-Century Canada (PH | PH) aims to fill some of these gaps, looking at how medical and cultural forces have shaped individual and shared experiences of pelvic health (including pelvic pain, pelvic health conditions, pelvic health activism, and gynecological care) between 1970 and 2000. Understanding this historical context can inform the efforts of patients, activists, and practitioners to improve pelvic health services in twenty-first century Canada.