The moral property of women : a history of birth control politics in America / Linda Gordon.

Author: Gordon, Linda.

Edition Statement:3rd ed.

Imprint:Urbana and Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 2002.

Descriptionxiii, 446 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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