Publications that Mobilized the Women's Birth Control Movement in 1930s America
Title
Publications that Mobilized the Women's Birth Control Movement in 1930s America
Subject
Advertising--Medicine
Birth control
Birth control--Attitudes
Birth control--Periodicals
Birth control--Population Control
Contraceptives
Contraceptives--Marketing
Obscenity (Law)--United States
Reproductive rights
Social movements--United States
Women's rights--Periodicals
Birth control
Birth control--Attitudes
Birth control--Periodicals
Birth control--Population Control
Contraceptives
Contraceptives--Marketing
Obscenity (Law)--United States
Reproductive rights
Social movements--United States
Women's rights--Periodicals
Description
Items in this collection highlight activist strategies of circulating periodicals and the necessity of legitimacy in the birth control movement of the 1930s.
Date
1914-1934
Rights
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Language
English
Coverage
United States of America
Collection Items
The Birth Control Outlook: A National Magazine
This magazine consists of controversial advertising, letters to the editor, and other articles on the subject of birth control in the 1930s. The medical ads included in file images depict material considered "obscene" by laws at that time.
Correspondence Between Mr. Alexander Lindey and Mrs. Stella Hanau
A letter from Stella Hanau, Publications Director of the American Birth Control League, details the scandal of the illegitimate publication known as "The Birth Control Outlook." She writes to a law firm in New York City (Greenbaum, Wolff, and Ernst)…
Josephine Lewis Skeehan Seeks Magazine Funding
In a New York Times ad, Josephine Lewis Skeehan seeks funding to aid her magazine. Weeks later, another ad is placed that says the luncheon has been canceled. This is the beginnings of what would become the Birth Control Outlook (published 4 years…
The Birth Control Review, Volume 1, Issue 1
This is the first issue of Margaret Sanger's publication The Birth Control Review.
Women Arrested After Raid On Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau
This image was taken after five women were arrested during a raid of the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau.
Envelope Returned to Greenbaum, Wolff, and Ernst
This returned envelope documents the attempt of lawyers assisting the American Birth Control League in pursuing legal action against an offending publication: "The Birth Control Outlook."
TRANSCRIPTION OF ENVELOPE MARKINGS AND…
TRANSCRIPTION OF ENVELOPE MARKINGS AND…
Letter from Josephine Skeehan to Mrs. Morton Keeney of the American Birth Control League
Before creating her own publication, Josephine Lewis Skeehan made contact with the American Birth Control League. This letter is addressed to Mrs. Morton Keeney, one of the vice presidents of the ABCL at that time. The top margin contains…
The Woman Rebel: No Gods No Masters
A page from the first issue of "The Woman Rebel" documenting the aims of the magazine. This publication was created by Margaret Sanger and precedes "The Birth Control Review."
Cover Drawing of the November 1923 Issue of The Birth Control Review
For the cover of the November issue in 1923, The Birth Control Review used a drawing of a woman in distress laying on her side. Chained to her ankle is a weighted ball that says "unwanted children." At this time, The Birth Control Review was still…
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