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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)…
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 Concerning the Legality of Contraceptives in America
A memo directed toward the American Birth Control League from a lawyer answering an inquiring about the selling and mailing of contraceptives by those that are not physicians. The lawyer confirmed that it was illegal to do so, and contraceptives were…
Morris Ernst Papers: Sideri Case
These papers are excerpts from the collection of prominent civil liberties lawyer Morris Ernst. They detail the court case of Sideri v. State of New York, which questioned women's right to have access to birth control in 1920s America, with a heavy…