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.
This pathbreaking book documents the transformation of reproductive practices and politics on Indian reservations from the late nineteenth century to the present, integrating a localized history of childbearing, motherhood, and activism on ...
This book illustrates the social change that took place in the lives of women during the Progressive Era.
... Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth- Century Arizona. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012. —. “'Women's Matters': Birth Control, Prenatal Care, and Childbirth in Rural Montana, 1910–1940.” Montana: The Magazine of ...
Melissa Rigg, “Scars of Abortion,” Arizona Daily Star, no date (probably 1984), folder 72, box 30, Planned Parenthood AZ Collection. “Helen” is a pseudonym. 112. Karen Ables, letter to the editor, “A Planned Parenthood Experience,” ...
Provocative and insightful, Defenders of the Unborn is a must-read for anyone who craves a deeper understanding of a highly-charged issue"--Provided by publisher.
This book is a crucial step toward defining America's most pressing social policy problems having to do with women, motherhood and the family.
Melcher, Mary S. Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth-Century Arizona. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2012. Mendible, Myra. Introduction to American Shame: Stigma and the Body Politic, edited by Myra Mendible, 1–23.
Mary S. Melcher, PhD, is also the author of Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth Century Arizona; she worked in public history for most of her career while enjoying the pursuit of multicultural history and the diverse stories ...
This well-written book will be essential reading for anyone interested in gender, medicine, and health policy."—Rene Almeling, Yale University, author of Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm "Miranda Waggoner provides a ...
This volume is unique because it investigates discourses of choice across the arc of maternity and as enacted through various (non)maternal subject positions.