Birth Control on Main Street
Organizing Clinics in the United States, 1916-1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5705479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Rosen (0000-0003-3949-3060, Marist College, corresponding author), R L Rosen |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1154-1155 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jaq109 |
| OpenAlex | W2003839814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Cathy Moran Hajo ends her study of birth control clinics by juxtaposing Madison Avenue—where the American Birth Control League (ABCL) moved its offices in the 1930s—with Main Street—the places where birth control clinics operated across the country. This contrast is the focus around which she builds the central argument of her book. Hajo contends that examining clinics moves the history of birth control from the realm of big personalities, national organizations, and rhetoric, toward the practical implementation of goals, in an effort “to uncover what the clinics were actually doing and how they worked” (p. 6). Because she is so thoroughly steeped in the history of Margaret Sanger and the national organizations, she is able to build a new story from a familiar foundation. Hajo's extensive archival research is unmatched in the field. Her sources include clinical studies and reports, board minutes, correspondence, newspapers, medical and movement journals, as well as the more familiar records of national organizations and leaders. Her comprehensive research allows Hajo to make new claims about the history of the birth control movement
Argument (complex analysis · Birth control · Control (management · League · Management · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Population · Public relations · Realm · Rhetoric · Sociology · Demography · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |