Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-century America
Download or Read eBook Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-century America PDF written by Janet Farrell Brodie and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Janet Farrell Brodie |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801484332 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801484339 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-century America by : Janet Farrell Brodie
Book excerpt: Drawing from a wide range of private and public sources, examines how American families gradually found access to taboo information and products for controlling the size of their families from the 1830s to the 1890s when a puritan backlash made most of it illegal. Emphasizes the importance of two shadowy networks, medical practitioners known as Thomsonians and water-curists, and iconoclastic freethinkers.
