Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement.

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While most people believe that the movement to secure voluntary reproductive control for women centered solely on abortion rights, for many women abortion was not the only, or even primary, focus. Jennifer Nelson tells the story of the feminist struggle for legal abortion and reproductive rights in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nelson, Jennifer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2003.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Feminism > United States > History > 20th century.
Minority women > United States > Social conditions.
Reproductive rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Féminisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes issues des minorités > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Droits génésiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Feminism
Minority women > Social conditions
Reproductive rights
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Abortion to Reproductive Rights; 1 "Let's hear it from the real experts": Feminism and the Early Abortion Rights Movement; 2 "An act of valor for a woman need not take place inside of her": Black Women, Feminism, and Reproductive Rights; 3 "An instrument of genocide": The Black Nationalist Campaignagainst Birth Control; 4 "Abortions under community control": Feminism, Nationalism, and the Politicsof Reproduction among New York City'sYoung Lords; 5 Race, Class, and Sexuality: Reproductive Rights and theCampaign for an Inclusive Feminism; Conclusion.
  • NotesIndex; About the Author.

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