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Baker, Jean H. Blumenthal, Karen. Kornbluh, Felicia Ann Okrent, Daniel Reed, Miriam.Kornbluh, Felicia Ann
Summary: "Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, historian Felicia Kornbluh delivers an urgent book about two key reproductive rights victories in New York that set the tone for the nation. A Woman's Life Is a Human Life is the story of two movements that transformed the politics of reproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the campaign against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.08 KORBaker, Jean H.
Summary: In this lively new biography, an historian argues convincingly that Margaret Sanger deserves the vaunted place in feminist history she once held. Baker's nuanced account of Sanger's life emphasizes the passion of her convictions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SANGER, MARGARET SANReed, Miriam.
Summary: In 1916, Margaret Sanger made her legal stand against the repressive laws forbidding the distribution of obscene articles-including any information on contraception. Though embraced by feminists, socialists, birth-control advocates, and the working class, her ideas are still as controversial and valid today as they were ninety years ago. Margaret Sanger was a controversial fighter for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barricade Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.96 REEBlumenthal, Karen.
Summary: A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines the root causes of the current debate around abortion and repercussions that have affected generations of American women. This book intends to facilitate difficult discussions and awareness of a topic that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 342.73 BLUOkrent, Daniel
Summary: Eugenicist arguments ranking the presumed genetic virtue of various ethnic groups helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, Italians, and other unwanted groups out of the United States for more than forty years. By 1921 Vice President Calvin Coolidge declared that 'biological laws' had proven the inferiority of southern and eastern Europeans; the restrictive law that remained U.S. policy until...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019