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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Writing a book is never a solitary project. I have benefited tremendously from the suggestions and knowledge of many people. Within the Office of the Public Health Service Historian and the Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria Harden, Sheena Morrison, John Parascandola, John Swann, Lindsey Hobbs, Cindy Lachin, and Suzanne Junod all provided support and assistance. John Parascandola generously shared his work with me, commenting as well on my own work. John Swann, Sheena Morrison , and Lindsey Hobbs in particular shared my amusement about the history of sex education, and our many discussions about this topic made writing this book a great deal of fun. At the National Archives, Marjorie Ciarlante was extremely helpful in steering me toward the documents and materials I needed. Stephen Greenberg at the National Library of Medicine provided me with similar assistance, as did David Klaassen at the Kautz Family YMCA Archives and Social Welfare History (ASHA) Archives at the University of Minnesota. Versions of chapter 2 appeared previously as “Models of Masculinity: Sex Education, the YMCA and the United States Public Health Service,” Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, vol. 58, no. 2 (2003), and “Naturally Clean and Wholesome: Women, Sex Education and the United States Public Heath Service, 1918– 1928,” Social History of Medicine, vol. 17, no. 3 (2004). An overview of broader beliefs about sex education also appeared in “ ‘Learning the Washington Way’: The United States Public Health Service and the Problem of Sex Education, 1919–1996,” Occasional Papers of the Society of History in the Federal Government (2004). I have presented papers about the history of sex education at many conferences (the American Public Health Association, the Organization of American Historians, the American Association for the History of Medicine, the History of Science Society, the Society for History in the Federal Government, and the Washington Society for the History of Medicine), and I have given talks about sex education at George Washington University, the National Library of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, York, and Clarkson University. Audience members as well as the editors and reviewers of my earlier articles provided excellent comments and suggestions, many of which are incorporated here. At the Johns Hopkins University Press, Jacqueline Wehmueller has been everything an editor can and should be. Her patience as this project unfolded was central to ensuring its completion. I also appreciate the copy-editing work of Mary Yates and the comments of an anonymous reviewer. Over the past seven years I have benefited tremendously from my friendships with historians in and outside the academy. David Cantor, Judy Chelnick, Liz Fee, Caroline Hannaway, Andrew Harris, Alan Kraut, Sarah Leavitt, Mike Lynn, Michelle McClellan, Marla Miller, Mike Sappol, Leo Slater, Phil Teigen, and Anne Whisnant have all encouraged me to think broadly about why history really does matter. More generally, the communities of Beyond Academe and Wrk4Us have taught me to think about why scholars should try to reach a wide audience. More recently, the support of my colleagues has been instrumental in helping me to complete this project. I am especially grateful to Jamie Jacobs, Linda McClelland, Erika Martin Seibert, and Bob Sutton, all of whom shared their thoughts on writing with me. Kate Richards and Alexis Abernathy very kindly provided me with their considerable expertise on photography. Paul Loether, my boss, was also very supportive of this project. In Washington, D.C., Ray and Adele Natter, Klaus Decker, Wayne Thomas, and Lars Reihoff have been wonderful friends, and I have appreciated their interest in this project as it progressed. Ray and Adele’s stories about Ray’s working a nine-to-five job while writing legal textbooks gave me the impetus I needed to write on the weekend and in the evening. Lars also patiently endured my wild enthusiasm for things Danish and kindly provided me with a Danish perspective on public health, Danish society, and its many differences from American society. Tak, Lars. Even as I doubted my ability to complete this book, my family never wavered in their belief that I could do this. Adam Apt, Sara Lord, Rob Storch, Charlotte and Hannah Storch, Christopher Lord, Cynthia Ogden, Benjamin and Katya Ogden-Lord, Victoria Lord, Mark Eckenwiler, Nicholas and Caleb Eckenwiler, Barbara and Tom Roberts, and Eleanor Kaplan have all expressed complete and utter confidence that I would do this, and I am thankful for their belief in me. Laura Ettinger and I met as undergraduates at Vassar College, where...

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