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9780773450998

Margaret Sanger and the Origin of the Birth Control Movement, 1910-1930 : The Concept of Women's Sexual Autonomy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780773450998

  • ISBN10:

    0773450998

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-09-14
  • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
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Summary

This study examines the early writing and relationships of activist Margaret Sanger by f()cusing on the feminist aspect of the birth control movement pertaining to sexual autonomy for women. Sanger's distinctive philosophy separated her early advocacy for biJ1h control from other women's movements. This work contributes to the existing body ofliterature on Sanger by bringing to the forefront both the American and transatlantic social and philosophical influences present in the birth control and feminist debate.

Author Biography

Dr. Patricia Walsh Coates is an Assistant Professor of Education at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She earned her Ph.D. in American History from Lehigh University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introductionp. 1
Intellectual Coming of Agep. 23
Sex Theorists and Village Radicalsp. 53
A European Educationp. 97
Sex Idealism and the New Moralityp. 141
Every Part a Preparation for the Nextp. 181
Epiloguep. 213
Bibliographyp. 239
Indexp. 253
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