The moral property of women [[electronic resource] ] : a history of birth control politics in America / / Linda Gordon

• Autore: Gordon Linda
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2002
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.9/6/0973
• Soggetto topico: Birth control - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GordonLinda
• Note generali: Substantially rev. and updated ed. of: Woman's body, woman's right. 2nd ed. 1990.; First Illinois paperback, 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: History of birth control politics in America
• Titolo autorizzato: The moral property of women
• ISBN: 0-252-09527-8; 1-283-95999-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453129503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II