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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gordon, Linda
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2002]
Edition:	[Rev. and updated ed.].
Subjects:	Birth control > United States > History.

Table of Contents:

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.