Moral Property of Women

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.

Honorable Mention, John Cawelti Book Award, American Culture Association, 2002.A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2004.— American Culture AssociationHonorable Mention, John Cawelti Book Award, American Culture Association, 2002.A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2004.— Choice Outstanding Academic Title

• CoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Birth Control, the Moral PropertyPART 1: From Folk Medicine to Prohibition1. The Prehistory of Birth Control2. The Criminals3. Prudent SexPART 2: Birth Control and Women's Rights4. Voluntary Motherhood5. Social Purity and Eugenics6. Race Suicide7. Continence or Indulgence8. Birth Control and Social RevolutionPART 3: From Women's Rights to Family Planning9. Professionalization10. Depression11. Planned Parenthood12. Birth Control Becomes Public PolicyPART 4: Birth Control in the Era of Second-Wave Feminism13. Abortion, the Mother Controversy14. Is Nothing Simple about Reproduction Control?Conclusion: Birth Control and FeminismAppendixNotesIndexAbout the AuthorBack