The moral property of women : a history of birth control politics in America / Linda Gordon.
Gordon, Linda.; Gordon, Linda. Woman's body, woman's right.
2002
HQ766.5.U5 G66 2002 (Mapit)
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Title The moral property of women : a history of birth control politics in America / Linda Gordon.
Author Gordon, Linda.
Edition [Rev. and updated ed.].
ISBN 0252027647 (alk. paper)
Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2002.
Language English
Description xiii, 446 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number HQ766.5.U5 G66 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.9/6/0973
Note Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-430) and index.
Added Author Gordon, Linda. Woman's body, woman's right.
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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.

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