A concise, comprehensive guide to reproductive politics in America
This powerful and shocking book is ideal for anyone seeking to understand the complex and disturbing politics surrounding issues of race, class, and reproductive rights. Elaine Tyler May, an esteemed historian, writes the Foreword.[...]
Prior to Roe v. Wade, hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions occurred in the United States every year. Rickie Solinger uses the story of Ruth Barnett, an abortionist in Portland, Oregon, between 1918 and 1968 to demonstrate that it was the law, not so-called back-alley practitioners, that most e[...]
"Interrupted Life" is a gripping collection of writings by and about imprisoned women in the United States, a country that jails a larger percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. This eye-opening work brings together scores of voices from both inside and outside the prison sy[...]
"Interrupted Life" is a gripping collection of writings by and about imprisoned women in the United States, a country that jails a larger percentage of its population than any other nation in the world. This eye-opening work brings together scores of voices from both inside and outside the prison sy[...]