Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth-Century Arizona.
Melcher, Mary S.
Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth-Century Arizona. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (263 pages) - Women's Western Voices Series . - Women's Western Voices Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "You're My Miracle": Babies, Birth Rates, and Health Care, 1910-1940 -- 2. Saving the Babies: Lowering Infant Mortality in the Southwest -- 3. Margaret Sanger and the Arizona Birth Control Movement -- 4. "Tis a Sobering Experience": Providing Contraceptives for the Rural and Urban Poor -- 5. Battling Poverty and Isolation to Improve Mothers' and Infants' Health -- 6. "Rhythm Babies," Birth Control, and Planned Parenthood: Years of Growth and Change -- 7. Arizona and Abortion Reform: Conflict without Resolution -- 8. Providing Reproductive Health Care in a New, More Politicized Era -- 9. Pregnancy and Choice: Reproductive Health in Twentieth-Century Arizona -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780816536795
Birth control-Arizona-History-20th century.
Family planning-Arizona-History-20th century.
Pregnant women-Services for-Arizona-History-20th century.
Prenatal care-Arizona-History-20th century.
Mothers-Services for-Arizona-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
HQ766
363.9/609791
Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Choice in Twentieth-Century Arizona. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (263 pages) - Women's Western Voices Series . - Women's Western Voices Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "You're My Miracle": Babies, Birth Rates, and Health Care, 1910-1940 -- 2. Saving the Babies: Lowering Infant Mortality in the Southwest -- 3. Margaret Sanger and the Arizona Birth Control Movement -- 4. "Tis a Sobering Experience": Providing Contraceptives for the Rural and Urban Poor -- 5. Battling Poverty and Isolation to Improve Mothers' and Infants' Health -- 6. "Rhythm Babies," Birth Control, and Planned Parenthood: Years of Growth and Change -- 7. Arizona and Abortion Reform: Conflict without Resolution -- 8. Providing Reproductive Health Care in a New, More Politicized Era -- 9. Pregnancy and Choice: Reproductive Health in Twentieth-Century Arizona -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780816536795
Birth control-Arizona-History-20th century.
Family planning-Arizona-History-20th century.
Pregnant women-Services for-Arizona-History-20th century.
Prenatal care-Arizona-History-20th century.
Mothers-Services for-Arizona-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
HQ766
363.9/609791