Wake Up Little Susie

Zusatztext "A stunning but troubling book that illuminates the deeply racialized terrain on which the politics of women's reproductive capacities and decisions have been played out. Contributing mightily to contemporary social policy debates, this rich history of single pregnancy from 1945 to 1965 warns us that reproductive rights must not only guard each woman's choice to contracept or to terminate a pregnancy, but also must win honor and social support for each woman's choice to become a mother." -- Gwendolyn Mink, author of Welfare's End "It is impossible to read Wake Up Little Susie without understanding that racism as well as a deeply felt distrust of women as mothers--magnified when the women are not formally subordinated to husbands--makes such odd national passions possible." -- Bernice L. Hausman, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering , vol 4.1 Informationen zum Autor Rickie Solinger is also the author of The Abortionist: A Woman Against the Law and editor of Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950-2000 . She lives in Boulder, Colorado. Klappentext First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung This book unravels the complex, disturbing reality of single pregnancy in the Post World War II era, exploring the way in which race, more than any other factor, defined the experience of unwed motherhood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Female and Fertile in the Fifties; Chapter one Chapter One The Stick and the Carrot: Public Meanings of Black and White Single Pregnancy in the Pre-Roe v. Wade Era; Chapter Two Chapter Two The Making of the Matriarchy: The Persistence of Biological Explanations for Black Single Pregnancy; Chapter Three Chapter Three The Girl Nobody Loved: Psychological Explanations for White Single Pregnancy; Chapter Four Chapter Four Behind the Fence: Maternity Homes, 194565; Chapter Five Chapter Five The Disposition of Illegitimate Babies I: The Postwar White Adoption Mandate; Chapter Six Chapter Six The Disposition of Illegitimate Babies II: A Taxpayers' Issue; Chapter Seven Chapter Seven The Population Bomb and the Sexual Revolution: Toward Choice; aft Afterword The Legacy of Racialized Single Motherhood1950s and Beyond;...

Autorentext

Rickie Solinger is also the author of The Abortionist: A*Woman Against the Law and editor of Abortion Wars: A Half*Century of Struggle, 1950-2000. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Klappentext

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
This book unravels the complex, disturbing reality of single pregnancy in the Post World War II era, exploring the way in which race, more than any other factor, defined the experience of unwed motherhood.

Inhalt
Introduction Female and Fertile in the Fifties; Chapter one Chapter One The Stick and the Carrot: Public Meanings of Black and White Single Pregnancy in the Pre-Roe v. Wade Era; Chapter Two Chapter Two The Making of the Matriarchy: The Persistence of Biological Explanations for Black Single Pregnancy; Chapter Three Chapter Three The Girl Nobody Loved: Psychological Explanations for White Single Pregnancy; Chapter Four Chapter Four Behind the Fence: Maternity Homes, 194565; Chapter Five Chapter Five The Disposition of Illegitimate Babies I: The Postwar White Adoption Mandate; Chapter Six Chapter Six The Disposition of Illegitimate Babies II: A Taxpayers' Issue; Chapter Seven Chapter Seven The Population Bomb and the Sexual Revolution: Toward Choice; aft Afterword The Legacy of Racialized Single Motherhood1950s and Beyond;