Pivot of Civilization

Arguably her most important and influential book, this controversial work, first published in 1922 by pioneering birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger, attempted to broaden the still-radical idea of birth control beyond its socialist and feminist roots

List of contents

Foreword, Peter C. Engelman
Introduction, by H. G. Wells
1. A New Truth Emerges
2. Conscripted Motherhood
3. Children Troop Down From Heaven
4. The Fertility of the Feeble-Minded
5. The Cruelty of Charity
6. Neglected Factors of the World Problem
7. Is Revolution the Remedy?
8. Dangers of Cradle Competition
9. A Moral Necessity
10. Science the Ally
11. Eductaion and Expression
12. Woman and the Future
Appendix: Principles and Aims of the American Birth Control League

About the author

Margaret Sanger is the founder of planned parenthood- the leading abortion chain in America. Margaret Higgins Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse

Summary

Arguably her most important and influential book, this controversial work, first published in 1922 by pioneering birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger, attempted to broaden the still-radical idea of birth control beyond its socialist and feminist roots

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Sanger, Sanger Margaret
• Assisted by: Engelman Peter C. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781538150368
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5036-8
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Classics in Women's Studies; Classics in Women’s Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Political ideologies and movements, Birth Control;Politics;Poverty;Sociology;Women's Rights