| Mention D'édition |
[Rev. and updated ed.]. |
| Description |
xiii, 446 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-430) 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 -- 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. |
| Sujet |
Birth control -- United States -- History.
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Family Planning -- history -- United States.
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| Autre Auteur |
Gordon, Linda.
Woman's body, woman's right.
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| Autre Titre |
History of birth control politics in America |
| ISBN |
0252027647 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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