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Fit to be tied : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 / Rebecca M. Kluchin.
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Kluchin, Rebecca M. (Rebecca Marie)
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English
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Description
xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)
Sterilization (Birth control)
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Birth control
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Government policy
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Reproductive rights
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Series
Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Summary note
"The 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control." "During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals who endorsed crude notions of biological determinism sought to control the reproductive decisions of women they considered "unfit" by nature of race or class, and used surgery to do so. Incorporating first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, and the subsequent replacement of the eugenics movement with "neo-eugenic" standards that continued to influence American medical practice, family planning, public policy, and popular sentiment."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes
Rev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-262) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. From Eugenics to Neo-eugenics
Ch. 2. "Fit" Women and Reproductive Choice
Ch. 3. Sterilizing "Unfit" Women
Ch. 4. "Fit" Women Fight Back
Ch. 5. "Unfit" Women Fight Too
Ch. 6. Irreconcilable Conflicts
Ch. 7. The Endurance of Neo-eugenics.
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ISBN
9780813545271
0813545277
1679755706
9781679755705
LCCN
2008036418
OCLC
244265635
Other standard number
40016797557
RCP
C - S
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