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Katharine Dexter McCormick : pioneer for women's rights / Armond Fields.
Van Pelt Library HQ1413.M68 F54 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fields, Armond, 1930-2008.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McCormick, Katharine Dexter, 1875-1967.
- McCormick, Katharine Dexter.
- Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Women social reformers.
- Birth control.
- History.
- United States.
- Suffragists--United States--Biography.
- Suffragists.
- Feminists--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Women--Suffrage--United States--History.
- Women.
- Women--Suffrage.
- Birth control--United States--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 336 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Summary:
- Tells the story of a formidable crusader for women's equality, McCormick was a driving force in the battle for the women's vote, the birth control movement, and Planned Parenthood.
- Contents:
- The Formative Years 1
- Marriage and Madness 35
- Women's Suffrage 89
- The League of Women Voters 135
- Dr. Brill 153
- The League of Women Voters (continued) 161
- Birth Control 173
- Dr. Kempf, the Trial, and the Aftermath 203
- Birth Control (continued) 233
- The Pill 259
- Final Years 293.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275980049
- OCLC:
- 51210582
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