Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth-Century Arizona
- ISBN-10
- 0816528462
- ISBN-13
- 9780816528462
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-20
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Author
- Mary S. Melcher
Description
Mary Melcher's Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth-Century Arizona provides a deep and diverse history of the dramatic changes in childbirth, birth control, infant mortality, and abortion over the course of the last century. Using oral histories, memoirs, newspaper accounts, government documents, letters, photos, and biographical collections, this fine-grained study of women's reproductive health places the voices of real women at the forefront of the narrative, providing a personal view into some of the most intense experiences of their lives.
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