ANY FRIEND OF THE MOVEMENT
Subtitle: NETWORKING FOR BIRTH CONTROL 1920-1940 (WOMEN & HEALTH C&S PERSPECTIVE)
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780814209547
Subjects: Abortion & Birth Control; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; Sociology; 20th century; Birth control; Birth control clinics; History; Maternal Health Association of; Maternal Health Association of Cleveland, Ohio; United States
Description: "In the 1920s, a few Cleveland women perceived a need for reliable birth control. They believed that health and social service professionals denied women, especially poor and working-class women, critical health care information. Any Friend of the Movement tells the story of these women, their actions, and the organization they created - the direct forerunner of a modern Planned Parenthood affiliate. The disparate threads of this particular tale include the suicide of a pregnant woman, the gift of a bereaved inventor, smuggling contraceptive supplies across state lines, and sponsoring ice skating galas to fund the work." "Any Friend of the Movement breaks new ground in the history of birth control activism in North America. Meyer argues that private philanthropy and voluntary action on the part of clinics like the Maternal Health Association (MHA) and their clients vitalized the larger movement at its roots and pushed it forward."--BOOK JACKET.