Name: Marie Stopes’ Sexual Revolution and the Birth Control Movement
ISBN: 978-3-319-71664-0

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Clare Debenham ⁰

Clare Debenham
1. University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Examines Marie Stope's scientific, literary and social achievements and legacy in Britain
Demonstrates that Marie Stopes was one of the most important female figures of the twentieth century
Utilises extensive archival materials, including personal correspondence and interviews with Stopes’s friends and relatives

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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The Challenge of Marie Stopes
- Clare Debenham
Pages 1-17
Family Values
- Clare Debenham
Pages 19-33
Passionate About Palaeobotany
- Clare Debenham
Pages 35-58
From Married Love to Enduring Passion
- Clare Debenham
Pages 59-74
Birth Control: The Start of Marie Stopes’ Campaign
- Clare Debenham
Pages 75-85
The Growth of the Constructive Birth Control Clinics
- Clare Debenham
Pages 87-99
Marie and Her Correspondents
- Clare Debenham
Pages 101-107
Battles with Doctors, Clergy and Politicians
- Clare Debenham
Pages 109-119
Marie Stopes as a Maverick Eugenicist
- Clare Debenham
Pages 121-131
Epilogue
- Clare Debenham
Pages 133-141
Back Matter

Pages 143-164

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About this book

This book examines the life, work and contraversial achievements of Marie Stopes, author and pioneer of the birth control movement in the interwar period. As the centenary of the ground-breaking publication of Married Love approaches, this study traces and reassesses Marie’s remarkable achievements, considering the literary, scientific and political themes of her life’s work. Clare Debenham analyses how Stope’s personal life led her to turn away from palaeobotany to concentrate on transforming the country’s sexual relationships by writing Married Love. Utilising extensive unpublished archive research, biographies, letters, and interviews with her friends and relatives, Debenham demonstrates that Stopes's work on sexual relationships has overshadowed her considerable achievements including her scientific career as a paleaobotantist, her literary success in the interwar period, and her work, with help from suffragists, in establishing the first British birth control clinic.

Keywords

eugenics
twentieth century
family planning
Married Love
contraception
feminism
gender and sexuality

Authors and Affiliations

University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Clare Debenham

About the author

Clare Debenham is Honorary Research Associate at the University of Manchester, UK. Since the 1970s she has been an active campaigner on women’s issues, and her previous publications include Birth Control and the Rights of Women: Post-Suffrage Feminism in the Twentieth Century (2014).

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Marie Stopes’ Sexual Revolution and the Birth Control Movement
Authors: Clare Debenham
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71664-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71663-3Published: 15 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71664-0Published: 06 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 164
Topics: History of Science, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Sociocultural Anthropology, Feminism and Feminist Theory

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