The relation between Margaret Sanger's character and the nature of the birth control movement she led in the U.S. is explored from 1912, when her pioneering work began, until 1945, when, simultaneously, the U.S. government accepted the idea of birth control and Mrs. Sanger retired from leadersh...

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Main Author:	Kennedy, David M. 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven Yale Univ. Press 1970
Series:	Yale publications in American studies 18
Subjects:	Sanger, Margaret <1879-1966> Birth control movement - Sanger, Margaret United States, 1912-1943 Régulation des naissances - Biographies Régulation des naissances - États-Unis - Histoire Geschichte Birth control > Biography Birth control > United States > History Family Planning Services > history USA Biografie
Summary:	The relation between Margaret Sanger's character and the nature of the birth control movement she led in the U.S. is explored from 1912, when her pioneering work began, until 1945, when, simultaneously, the U.S. government accepted the idea of birth control and Mrs. Sanger retired from leadership of the movement. The book tries to illuminate, through Mrs. Sanger's life, an aspect of American society of that period, the context in which Mrs. Sanger worked, and the attitudinal and institutional responses she evoked. The focus is on the public career of Margaret Sanger, not her private life. A thorough bibliographical essay and selected bibliography are included at the end.
Physical Description:	XI,320 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0300012020