Fit to be tied : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 /

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Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. Utilizing first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kluchin, Rebecca M. (Rebecca Marie) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Critical issues in health and medicine.
Temas:
1900-1999
Sterilization (Birth control) > United States > History > 20th century.
Birth control > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Reproductive rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Sterilization, Reproductive > history
Family Planning Policy > history
Socioeconomic Factors
Sterilization, Involuntary > legislation & jurisprudence
Women's Rights > history
Stérilisation (Régulation des naissances) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Régulation des naissances > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Droits génésiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
MEDICAL > History.
Birth control > Government policy.
Reproductive rights.
Sterilization (Birth control)
United States
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • From eugenics to neo-eugenics
  • "Fit" women and reproductive choice
  • Sterilizing "unfit" women
  • "Fit" women fight back
  • "Unfit" women fight too
  • Irreconcilable conflicts
  • The endurance of neo-eugenics.

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