Gabfest Reads: How Two Rivals Shaped Birth Control in America


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Nov 16 2024 32 mins   72

Political Gabfest host Emily Bazelon talks with author Stephanie Gorton about her new book, The Icon & The Idealist.They discuss racism and prudishness in the early suffragist movement, how eugenics played a role in the birth control movement, and how two different women fought each other, despite wanting the same things.


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