Motherhood in bondage

Ohio State University Press, Oct 1, 2000 - Health & Fitness - 446 pages

Margaret Sanger (1883-1966) was a leading figure in the American birth control movement. Trained as a nurse, she moved to New York City to work among the poor. Having witnessed firsthand the travails of mothers in the city's poorest neighborhoods, she felt the need to provide them with information on reproduction and contraception. She abandoned her nursing career and devoted the rest of her life to disseminating information on women's reproduction and contraception, publishing books and articles and founding birth control clinics.

In Motherhood in Bondage, first published in 1928, Sanger reproduced letters written to her from women and sometimes men from all over the country, in both urban and rural areas, who were seeking advice on reproductive matters and marital relations, but mostly imploring her to help them find ways to avoid more pregnancies. The letters are grouped by theme into sixteen chapters, and Sanger wrote an introduction to each chapter.

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Review: Motherhood in Bondage

User Review  - Lisa Rentz - Goodreads

a harrowing read-- i stayed up all night, just like The Shining!

Review: Motherhood in Bondage

User Review  - Jen - Goodreads

Anyone who is against comprehensive sex education and/or abortion should have to read this book. Then they'd get a clue...or five.

Contents

• Foreword by Margaret Marsh: xi
• Chronology: xliii
• Girl Mothers: 3
• The Pinch of Poverty: 24
• The Trap of Maternity: 40
• v1 Wasted Efforts: 135
• vn Double Slavery: 155
• v111 Voices of the Children: 179
• x1 The Husbands Own Story: 246
• xn Marital Relations: 264
• Methods That Fail: 293
• x1v Selfimposed Continence and Separation: 322
• The Doctor Warnsbut Does Not Tell: 359
• xv11 Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: 411
• xv111 Conclusion: 432

Bibliographic information

• Title: Motherhood in bondage; Women and Health: Cultural and Social Perspectives; Women and health
• Contributor: Margaret Sanger
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0814208371, 9780814208373
• Length: 446 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / Motherhood; Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth; Health & Fitness / Women's Health; Social Science / Women's Studies