| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 446 p. |
| Note |
Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990. |
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First Illinois paperback, 2007. |
| 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 : neo-malthusianism and perfectionism -- Toward women's power. Voluntary motherhood : the beginnings of the birth-control movement. Social purity and eugenics. Race suicide. Continence or indulgence : doctors and the "sexual revolution". Birth control and social revolution -- From women's rights to family planning. The professionalization of birth control. The depression. Planned parenthood. Birth control becomes public policy, 1945-70 -- Birth control in the era of second-wave feminsm. The mother controversy : abortion. Is nothing simple about reproduction control? Birth control and feminism. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Birth control -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gordon, Linda.
Woman's body, woman's right.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| Added Title |
History of birth control politics in America |
| ISBN |
0252027647 (cloth alk. paper) |
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9780252027642 |
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0252074599 (pbk.) |
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9780252074592 (pbk.) |
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9780252095276 (electronic bk.) |
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