The moral property of women
Edition statement:3rd ed. Published by : University of Illinois Press, (Urbana :) Physical details: xiii, 446 p. Year: 2002-
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Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990.
First Illinois paperback, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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