| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 446 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : birth control, the moral property of women -- From folk medicine to prohibition to resistance. The prehistory of birth control -- The criminals -- Prudent sex ; Malthusianism ; Neo-malthusianism ; Perfectionism -- Birth control and women's rights. Voluntary motherhood -- Social purity and eugenics -- Race suicide -- Continence or indulgence -- Birth control and social revolution -- From women's rights to family planning. Professionalization -- Depression -- Planned parenthood -- Birth control becomes public policy -- Birth control in the era of second-wave feminism. Abortion, the mother controversy -- Is nothing simple about reproduction control? -- Conclusion : Birth control and feminism. |
| Subject |
Birth control -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Gordon, Linda.
Woman's body, woman's right.
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| Added Title |
History of birth control politics in America |
| ISBN |
0252027647 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780252027642 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0252074599 (pbk.) |
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9780252074592 (pbk.) |
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