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• vii • contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 1. “Personified Mischief”: Childhood and Youth 15 2. “Four Years of Unorthodox Study”: The Radcliffe Years 39 3. “Walter Cannon Is My Comfort”: Marriage and Family 60 4. “The Woman Who Stays Behind”: World War I 90 5. “Can Our Civilization Maintain Itself?”: Immigration, Eugenics, and Birth Control 113 6. “Stone-Age Individuals”: The Clan Betrays 138 7. “I’ve Got a Little Fame Myself”: The Pueblo Boy and Red Rust 154 8. “The Melting Pot in Action!”: Heirs 177 9. “Starved Kittens”: Birth Control, Relief Babies, and Denial 194 10. “In the Face of What We See”: Journeys and Homecomings 212 Notes 233 Index 259 Illustrations follow page 112 ...

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