| Description |
liii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Women and health |
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Women & health (Columbus, Ohio)
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| Note |
Selections from letters sent to Mrs. Sanger by mothers in the United States and Canada. |
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Originally published: New York : Brentano's, 1928. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-448). |
| Contents |
Foreword / Margaret Marsh -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. Girl mothers -- 2. The pinch of poverty -- 3. The trap of maternity -- 4. The struggle of the unfit -- 5. "The sins of the fathers" -- 6. Wasted efforts -- 7. Double slavery -- 8. Voices of the children -- 9. The two generations -- 10. Solitary confinement -- 11. The husband's own story -- 12. Marital relations -- 13. Methods that fail -- 14. Self-imposed continence and separation -- 15. The doctor warns, but does not tell -- 16. Desperate remedies -- 17. Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness -- 18. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Margaret Sanger (1883-1966) was a leading figure in the American birth control movement. In Motherhood in Bondage, first published in 1928, Sanger reproduced letters written to her from women and sometimes men from all over the country, in both urban and rural areas, who were seeking advice on reproductive matters and marital relations, but mostly imploring her to help them find ways to avoid more pregnancies. The letters are grouped by theme into sixteen chapters, and Sanger wrote an introduction to each chapter. In her new foreword for this edition, Margaret Marsh describes the controversies surrounding these letters and places them in their historical context."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Birth control.
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Pregnancy.
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Birth control. (OCoLC)fst00833148
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Pregnancy. (OCoLC)fst01075102
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Pregnancy.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966. Motherhood in bondage. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)655353426 |
| ISBN |
0814208371 |
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9780814208373 |
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081425036X (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780814250365 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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