Fit to be tied : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 / Rebecca M. Kluchin.

  • Kluchin, Rebecca M. (Rebecca Marie)
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[2009], ©2009
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.

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xi, 269 pages ; 24 cm.

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Notes

Rev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004.

Contents

From eugenics to neo-eugenics -- "Fit" women and reproductive choice -- Sterilizing "unfit" women -- "Fit" women fight back -- "Unfit" women fight too -- Irreconcilable conflicts -- The endurance of neo-eugenics.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-262) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    TWE.6.AA9
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  • 9780813545271