Debenham, Clare.

Birth control and the rights of women : post-suffrage feminism in the early twentieth century / Clare Debenham. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014. - ix, 287 p. ; 23 cm - International library of cultural studies ; 31 . - International library of cultural studies ; 31. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-283) and index.

Rediscovering the post-suffrage birth control campaign -- The emergence of the birth control movement -- Birth control--a feminist issue? -- Anatomy of the birth control clinics -- Challenging the opposition -- Shifting ideologies : birth controllers, feminists, the Malthusian League and Eugenics Society -- Working the political parties -- The end of the campaign? -- Appendix : collective biography of birth control activists.

Featuring new archival material in the form of memoirs, personal papers, and press cuttings, examines the British campaign for the right to birth control that followed granting the vote to women in 1919.

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1900-1999


Contraception--history
Women's Rights--history
Feminism--history
History, 20th Century
Birth control--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Contraception--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Feminism--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Birth control.
Contraception.
Feminism.


Great Britain
Great Britain.


History.

HQ766 / .D37 2014

363.9/609410904

2014 F-787 WP 11 FA1