Pregnancy, motherhood, and choice in twentieth-century Arizona
By: Mary S. Melcher
Series: Women's western voices
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780816528462
Subjects: Family planning; Mothers; Services for; Birth control; History; Pregnant women; Prenatal care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "You're my miracle": birth rates, childbirth and health care, 1900-1940; title: Saving the babies: lowering infant mortality in the Southwest; title: Margaret Sanger and Arizona's birth control movement; title: "Tis a sobering experience": providing contraceptives for the rural and urban poor; title: Battling poverty and isolation to improve mothers' and infants' health; title: "Rhythm babies," birth control, and planned parenthood: years of growth and change; title: Arizona and abortion reform: conflict without resolution; title: Guaranteeing reproductive health care in a new, more politicized era.