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Peter C. Engelman

A History of the Birth Control Movement in America

Peter C. Engelman

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English
Praeger Publishers Inc
19 April 2011
Population & demography; Birth control, contraception, family planning
This narrative history of one of the most far-reaching social movements in the 20th century shows how it defied the law and made the use of contraception an acceptable social practice—and a necessary component of modern healthcare. A History of the Birth Control Movement in America tells the extraordinary story of a group of reformers dedicated to making contraception legal, accessible, and acceptable. The engrossing tale details how Margaret Sanger's campaign beginning in 1914 to challenge anti-obscenity laws criminalizing the distribution of contraceptive information grew into one of the most far-reaching social reform movements in American history.

The book opens with a discussion of the history of birth control methods and the criminalization of contraception and abortion in the 19th century. Its core, however, is an exciting narrative of the campaign in the 20th century, vividly recalling the arrests and indictments, banned publications, imprisonments, confiscations, clinic raids, mass meetings, and courtroom dramas that publicized the cause across the nation. Attention is paid to the movement's thorny alliances with medicine and eugenics and especially to its success in precipitating a profound shift in sexual attitudes that turned the use of contraception into an acceptable social and medical practice. Finally, the birth control movement is linked to court-won privacy protections and the present-day movement for reproductive rights.
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Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   907g
ISBN:   9780313365096
ISBN 10:   0313365091
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Adult education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Peter C. Engelman is a freelance writer, historical editor, and archivist.

Reviews for A History of the Birth Control Movement in America

<p> Engelman's new work provides a brief and well-written introduction to the fascinating and overlooked American social reform movement and its complicated but passionate hero, Margaret Sanger - <p>The Journal of Clinical Investigation


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