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Dangerous Pregnancies
Leslie J. Reagan
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Description for Dangerous Pregnancies
Paperback. Tells the largely forgotten story of German measles epidemic of early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This title helps to transform abortion politics, produce new science, and build enduring social movements of late twentieth century - reproductive rights and disability rights movements. Num Pages: 392 pages, S&B. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
"Dangerous Pregnancies" tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epidemic would ultimately transform abortion politics, produce new science, and help build two of the most enduring social movements of the late twentieth century - the reproductive rights and the disability rights movements. At most a minor rash and fever for women, German measles (also known as rubella), if contracted during pregnancy, could result in miscarriages, infant deaths, and serious birth defects in the newborn. Award-winning writer Leslie J. Reagan chronicles ... Read more
"Dangerous Pregnancies" tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epidemic would ultimately transform abortion politics, produce new science, and help build two of the most enduring social movements of the late twentieth century - the reproductive rights and the disability rights movements. At most a minor rash and fever for women, German measles (also known as rubella), if contracted during pregnancy, could result in miscarriages, infant deaths, and serious birth defects in the newborn. Award-winning writer Leslie J. Reagan chronicles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274570
SKU
V9780520274570
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99-12
About Leslie J. Reagan
Leslie J. Reagan is Professor of History, with affiliations in gender and women's studies, law, media and cinema studies, and medicine, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States 1867-1973 (UC Press) and coeditor of Medicine's Moving Pictures: Medicine, Health, and Bodies in American ... Read more
Reviews for Dangerous Pregnancies
"Previously confidential, unpublished court cases and individual accounts add to the uniqueness of Reagan's historical angle." Foreword "Ultimately inspiring story that should be required reading for anyone who doubts the benefits of vaccines."
Jo Marchant New Scientist "Intellectual."
Margaret Marsh Journal Of American History "Fascinating."
Mary Devereux Journal Of Clinical Investigation "Powerfully moving, historically precise, and politically ... Read more
Jo Marchant New Scientist "Intellectual."
Margaret Marsh Journal Of American History "Fascinating."
Mary Devereux Journal Of Clinical Investigation "Powerfully moving, historically precise, and politically ... Read more