LEADER 03713nam 22006734a 450 001 9910821580303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49235-X 010 $a9786613587589 010 $a0-8135-4831-4 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813548319 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007886 035 $a(EBL)871480 035 $a(OCoLC)593317605 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337734 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256551 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337734 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10294973 035 $a(PQKB)10564160 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC871480 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8083 035 $a(DE-B1597)529936 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813548319 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL871480 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367290 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358758 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007886 100 $a20080815d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFit to be tied $esterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 /$fRebecca M. Kluchin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 225 1 $aCritical issues in health and medicine 300 $aRev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004. 311 $a0-8135-4527-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-262) and index. 327 $aFrom eugenics to neo-eugenics -- "Fit" women and reproductive choice -- Sterilizing "unfit" women -- "Fit" women fight back -- "Unfit" women fight too -- Irreconcilable conflicts -- The endurance of neo-eugenics. 330 $aThe 1960's revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals who endorsed crude notions of biological determinism sought to control the reproductive decisions of women they considered "unfit" by nature of race or class, and used surgery to do so. Incorporating first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, and the subsequent replacement of the eugenics movement with "neo-eugenic" standards that continued to influence American medical practice, family planning, public policy, and popular sentiment. 410 0$aCritical issues in health and medicine. 606 $aSterilization (Birth control)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBirth control$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aReproductive rights$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aSterilization (Birth control)$xHistory 615 0$aBirth control$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aReproductive rights$xHistory 676 $a363.9/7 700 $aKluchin$b Rebecca M$g(Rebecca Marie)$01612644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821580303321 996 $aFit to be tied$93941560 997 $aUNINA