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Presenting individual stories and statistical records from previously overlooked birth control clinics, this title looks past the rhetoric of the birth control movement to show the relationships, politics, and issues that defined the movement in neighbourhoods and cities across the United States.

Trade Review

"Hajo's extensive research is unmatched in the field."--The Journal of American History


"Well-researched, well-organized, and clearly written, Hajo's book offers a solid social, cultural, and political history of contraceptive clinic services on the ground in a variety of local areas."--Women and Social Movements in the U.S.

"This useful, practical history of birth control approaches the topic from the unique perspective of the clinic. Cathy Moran Hajo offers a complete picture of how ideas about birth control affected everyday women.”--Wendy Kline, author of Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom

Birth Control on Main Street

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    A Paperback by Cathy Moran Hajo

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      Publisher: MO - University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 5/5/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780252077258, 978-0252077258
      ISBN10: 0252077253

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presenting individual stories and statistical records from previously overlooked birth control clinics, this title looks past the rhetoric of the birth control movement to show the relationships, politics, and issues that defined the movement in neighbourhoods and cities across the United States.

      Trade Review

      "Hajo's extensive research is unmatched in the field."--The Journal of American History


      "Well-researched, well-organized, and clearly written, Hajo's book offers a solid social, cultural, and political history of contraceptive clinic services on the ground in a variety of local areas."--Women and Social Movements in the U.S.

      "This useful, practical history of birth control approaches the topic from the unique perspective of the clinic. Cathy Moran Hajo offers a complete picture of how ideas about birth control affected everyday women.”--Wendy Kline, author of Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom

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