Title: Pregnancy and power : a history of reproductive politics in the United States /
Authors: Solinger, Rickie, 1947-
Year: 2019
Subjects: Birth control Political aspects United States.; Abortion Political aspects United States; Human reproduction Political aspects United States.; Women's rights United States; Abortion Political aspects; Birth control Political aspects; Human reproduction Political aspects; Women's rights; United States
Contents: Introduction: what is reproductive politics? -- Racializing the nation: from the Declaration of Independence to the Emancipation Proclamation, 1776-1865 -- Sex in the city: from secrecy to anonymity to privacy, 1870s to 1920s -- No extras: curbing fertility during the Great Depression -- Central planning: managing fertility, race, and rights in postwar America, 1940s to 1960 -- The human rights era: the rise of choice, the contours of backlash, 1960-1980 -- Revitalizing hierarchies: how the aftermath of Roe v. Wade affected fetuses, teenage girls -- Prisoners, and ordinary women, 1980 to the present.