| Description |
xi, 324 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Female and fertile in the fifties -- The stick and the carrot: public meanings of Black and White single pregnancy in the pre-Roe v. Wade era -- The making of the 'matriarchy': the persistence of biological explanations for Black single pregnancy -- The girl nobody loved: psychological explanations for White single pregnancy -- Behind the fence: maternity homes, 1945-65 -- The disposition of illegitimate babies I: the postward adoption mandate -- The disposition of illegitimate babies II: a taxpayers' issue -- The population bomb and the sexual revolution: toward choice. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-311) and index. |
| Subject |
Illegitimacy -- United States -- History.
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Unmarried mothers -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
041590448X (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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