| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Women and health: cultural and social perspectives series |
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Women & health (Columbus, Ohio)
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| Contents |
Radical roots -- Nagging and networking -- Heir conditioning -- "Hubby and I think it's swell" -- Friends of the movement -- A new point of view |
| Summary |
"In the 1920s, a few Cleveland women perceived a need for reliable birth control. They believed that health and social service professionals denied women, especially poor and working-class women, critical health care information. Any Friend of the Movement tells the story of these women, their actions, and the organization they created - the direct forerunner of a modern Planned Parenthood affiliate. The disparate threads of this particular tale include the suicide of a pregnant woman, the gift of a bereaved inventor, smuggling contraceptive supplies across state lines, and sponsoring ice skating galas to fund the work." "Any Friend of the Movement breaks new ground in the history of birth control activism in North America. Meyer argues that private philanthropy and voluntary action on the part of clinics like the Maternal Health Association (MHA) and their clients vitalized the larger movement at its roots and pushed it forward."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-270) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2017 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio.
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| SUBJECT |
Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio |
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Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio. fast (OCoLC)fst00782910 |
| Subject |
Birth control -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Birth control clinics -- United States
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Family Planning Services -- history
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Contraception -- history
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Women's Health Services -- history
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Birth control.
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Birth control clinics.
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Geburtenregelung
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Familienplanung
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Arbeiterin
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| SUBJECT |
Ohio |
| Subject |
United States.
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Cleveland, Ohio
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003019937 |
| ISBN |
0814273335 |
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9780814273333 |
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