Fit to be tied : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 / Rebecca M. Kluchin.
2009
HQ766.5.U5 K55 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Fit to be tied : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 / Rebecca M. Kluchin.
ISBN
9780813545271 (alk. paper)
0813545277 (alk. paper)
0813545277 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xi, 269 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HQ766.5.U5 K55 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.9/7
Note
Rev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-262) and index.
Series
Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Table of Contents
From eugenics to neo-eugenics
"Fit" women and reproductive choice
Sterilizing "unfit" women
"Fit" women fight back
"Unfit" women fight too
Irreconcilable conflicts
The endurance of neo-eugenics.
"Fit" women and reproductive choice
Sterilizing "unfit" women
"Fit" women fight back
"Unfit" women fight too
Irreconcilable conflicts
The endurance of neo-eugenics.