The transformation of American sex education : Mary Calderone and the fight for sexual health /

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"This book examines Americans' attempts to come to terms with the vexed subject of sex education in the schools from the late 1940s to the early 21st century. Using Mary Calderone's life and career as a touchstone, it traces the origins of modern sex education in the United States fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: More, Ellen Singer, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, N.Y. : NYU Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Calderone, Mary Steichen, > 1904-1998.
Calderone, Mary Steichen, > 1904-1998
Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Sex instruction > United States > History.
Birth control > United States > History.
Women social reformers > United States.
Éducation sexuelle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Régulation des naissances > États-Unis > Histoire.
Réformatrices sociales > États-Unis.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Birth control
Sex instruction
Women social reformers
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • Origins
  • Sexual stories : Mary Calderone and the personal politics of sex education
  • Sex and marriage counseling before the sexual revolution
  • A sex education apprenticeship : Calderone and planned parenthood
  • Creating SIECUS : sex education and the challenge of responsible decision-making
  • Physician, heal thyself : the medical profession and sex education
  • Part II
  • Sex education and Its discontents
  • Halcyon days
  • Broken momentum : enter the opposition
  • Beleaguered guru : Mary Calderone after SIECUS
  • Fighting for comprehensive sex education
  • Sex education and community values : risk reduction or sexual health and justice
  • Acknowledgments.

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