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The Family Planning Association and Contraceptive Science and Technology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

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Authors:
  1. Natasha Szuhan

    1. School of Sociology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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  • Offers the first in-depth study of the relationship between the FPA and contraceptive technology in the pre-Pill era
  • Shows the importance of the FPA in advancing scientific research and standardizing contraceptive technology
  • Explores the role of the FPA outside Britain and considers its engagement in global family planning networks

Part of the book series: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History (MBSMH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Natasha Szuhan
    Pages 1-42

  3. Instituting and Regulating the Contraceptive Clinic and its Services

    • Natasha Szuhan
    Pages 43-83

  4. Teaching and Networking the Wright Way

    • Natasha Szuhan
    Pages 85-143

  5. Employing Pure and Applied Science to Assess Contraceptive Technologies

    • Natasha Szuhan
    Pages 145-207

  6. Contraceptive Standards in the Age of the Pill: Influencing and Exporting Formal Oversight

    • Natasha Szuhan
    Pages 209-270

  7. Conclusion: The Fittest Survived?

    • Natasha Szuhan
    Pages 271-283

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 285-294
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About this book

This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between the National Birth Control Association, later the Family Planning Association, and contraceptive science and technology in the pre-Pill era. It explores the Association’s role in designing and supporting scientific research, employment of scientists, engagement with manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, and use of its facilities, patients, staff, medical, scientific, and political networks to standardise and guarantee contraceptive technology it prescribed and produced. By taking a micro-history approach to the archives of the Association, this book highlights the importance of this organisation to the history of science, technology, and medicine in twentieth-century Britain. It examines the Association’s participation within Western family planning networks, working particularly closely with its American counterparts to develop chemical and biological means of testing contraception for efficacy, quality, and safety.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Sociology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    Natasha Szuhan

About the author

Natasha Szuhan is Lecturer and Researcher in Sociology at the Australian National University and teaches History at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests lie broadly within and around the history of science, technology, and medicine.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Family Planning Association and Contraceptive Science and Technology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

  • Authors: Natasha Szuhan

  • Series Title: Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81300-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81299-7Published: 19 August 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81302-4Published: 20 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81300-0Published: 18 August 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2947-9142

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-9150

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 294

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Medicine, History of Science, Modern History, Social History

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