The moral property of women
Gordon, Linda.
The moral property of women a history of birth control politics in America / [electronic resource] : History of birth control politics in America Linda Gordon. - 3rd ed. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002. - xiii, 446 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Birth control--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HQ766.5.U5 / G66 2002eb
363.9/6/0973
The moral property of women a history of birth control politics in America / [electronic resource] : History of birth control politics in America Linda Gordon. - 3rd ed. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2002. - xiii, 446 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Birth control--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HQ766.5.U5 / G66 2002eb
363.9/6/0973