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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Birth Control Movement"”.
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“Quality is everything” : rhetoric of the transatlantic birth control movement in interwar women’s literature of England, Ireland and the United States
… on both sides of the Atlantic who responded to birth control discourse not only by referencing contraceptive techniques, but also by incorporating arguments and dilemmas used by birth control advocates into their writing. The introductory chapter, which frames the later literary analysis …
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“Quality is everything” : rhetoric of the transatlantic birth control movement in interwar women’s literature of England, Ireland and the United States
… on both sides of the Atlantic who responded to birth control discourse not only by referencing contraceptive techniques, but also by incorporating arguments and dilemmas used by birth control advocates into their writing. The introductory chapter, which frames the later literary analysis …
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Picturing reform: Ashcan women and the visual culture of the progressive era in New York City
Between 1895 and 1925, social movements in New York City focused on improving the lives of the urban working classes. Progressive reformers maintained that the environment of the city, growing industry, and systems of exploitation threatened the personal sovereignty of the individual. I argue that …
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Marriage, the family, and women in the Owenite socialist movement
… theory of human character, the Owenite socialist movement of the early nineteenth century developed a comprehensive but highly unorthodox system of moral, economic, and religious philosophy. As a logically necessary deduction from this philosophy, they were led to reject the existing arrangements …
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The discipline and disciplining of Margaret Sanger: US birth control rhetoric in the early twentieth century
Margaret Sanger's rhetoric in the US birth control movement demonstrates the social forces that act upon rhetors and women's bodies, conforming both to established gender norms even as they attempt to violate those standards. This project studies Sanger's birth control rhetoric to understand how …
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Inheriting Shame: A Critical Analysis of “The Eugenics Review”
… Assessing the development of the eugenics movement is essential to recognize because its naïve assumptions and often flawed methodologies were unjustified and dangerous. Employing Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality to critically analyze the rhetorical language deployed by …