In this Book
- Fit to Be Tied: Sterilization and Reproductive Rights in America, 1950-1980
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
summary
Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. Utilizing first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, the shift away from sterilization and how it influenced many aspects of American life.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-9
- Chapter 3: Sterilizing “Unfit” Women
- pp. 73-113
- Chapter 4: “Fit” Women Fight Back
- pp. 114-147
- Chapter 5: “Unfit” Women Fight Too
- pp. 148-183
- Chapter 6: Irreconcilable Conflicts
- pp. 184-213
- Chapter 7: The Endurance of Neo-eugenics
- pp. 214-224
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813548319
Related ISBN(s)
9780813545271
MARC Record
OCLC
593317605
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No