The Moral Property Of Women
A History of Birth Control Politics in America
The most complete history of birth control ever written
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About the Book
Now in paperback, The Moral Property of Women is a thoroughly updated and revised version of the awardwinning historian Linda Gordon's classic study, Woman's Body, Woman's Right (1976). It is the only book to cover the entire history of the intense controversies about reproductive rights that have raged in the United States for more than 150 years. Arguing that reproduction control has always been central to women's status, Gordon shows how opposition to it has long been part of the entrenched opposition to gender equality.About the Author
Linda Gordon, a professor of history at New York University, is the author of numerous books, including Pitied but Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare, 1890-1935, and The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction, which won the Bancroft Prize and the Beveridge Prize.Also by this author
Reviews
"Myriad brilliant books and articles on the history of contraception and abortion have appeared during the past decade, but none offers as comprehensive an overview, as wide-ranging and invigorating a historical analysis."--The Historian"Essential."--Choice
"Anybody who cares about the struggle for reproductive rights should read this important book, and will benefit from the careful analysis Gordon provides."--Conscience
"This volume is a timely historical examination of the politics of birth control. . . . Moral Property is not merely an historical interpretation of the politics of birth control, but a history of sexuality and, namely, how the problem of birth control intersects with a range of other political movements, such as sex reform, feminism, social purity, and eugenics."--Archives of Sexual Behavior
"Linda Gordon provides an illuminating and timely addition to our understanding of the intersection between gender equality and reproductive control."--Left History
Blurbs
“Gordon joins political astuteness with historical wisdom to map an inclusive, coherent, instructive narrative of the strange and winding path of birth control advocacy and opposition.”--Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University
Awards
• Commended, CAWELTI (JOHN G.) AWARD, 2002• Winner, Choice: Outstanding Academic Titles, 2004
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