Woman's Body, Woman's Right: Birth Control in AmericaThe politics of reproduction : The prohibition on birth control -- The folklore 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: the 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 -- A note on population control -- Reproductive rights in the 1970s: birth control in the era of the Women's Liberation Movement -- Birth control in the era of conservatism and runaway technology: the 1980s -- Sexuality, feminism, and birth control today |
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Toward Womens Power | 91 |
Social Purity and Eugenics | 114 |
Race Suicide | 133 |
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