Title: What adolescents ought to know : sexual health texts in early twentieth-century America /
Authors: Burek Pierce, Jennifer.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Fournier, Alfred,; Fournier, Alfred,; Sex instruction for teenagers United States History Sources.; Sex instruction for teenagers France History Sources.; Sexual health Study and teaching United States History Sources.; Sexually transmitted diseases United States Prevention History Sources.; Teenagers Sexual behavior United States History Sources.; Teenagers Health and hygiene United States History Sources.; Teenagers Books and reading United States History Sources.; Written communication United States History; Books and reading United States History; Sex Education history; Adolescent; United States
Contents: French origins of international sexual health communication with adolescents -- Initial transnational intersections: French texts and American culture -- Social hygiene vs. the sexual plagues in Indiana and the world -- What young readers ought to know: the successful selling of sex education -- Battling books: censorship, conservatism, and market competition.