Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe V Wade
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780415908948 (0415908949)
Publish date: March 29th 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Feminism,
Culture,
Parenting,
Politics,
Sociology,
Sexuality,
Womens,
Political Science,
Adoption,
Race
What it meant to be pregnant and unwed in the US from 1945 to 1965. Basically, it sucked. But, it sucked for white women and black rather differently. Both were expected to be ashamed, but white women were usually forced into maternity homes, where they could be pregnant in secret, and then give ...
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