Preface The Formative Years Marriage and Madness Women's Suffrage The League of Women Voters Dr. Brill The League of Women Voters Birth Control Dr. Kempf, the Trial, and Aftermath Birth Control The Pill Final Years Research Sources Notes Bibliography Index
Tells the story of a formidable crusader for women's equality, McCormick was a driving force in the battle for the women's vote, the birth control movement, and Planned Parenthood.
ARMOND FIELDS is a social historian who is the author of eight biographies.
"Armond Fields has produced one of the truly necessary biographies
of our time, a life of one of the twentieth century's most
mysterious and determined feminists, Katharine Dexter McCormick.
Katharine's story, from her rebellion against an all-male
educational system at M.I.T. to her disastrous marriage to Stanley
McCormick to her friendship with Margaret Sanger and her funding of
Dr. Gregory Pincus' efforts to come up with a contraceptive pill
that would help give women control over their own bodies for the
first time in human history, is the stuff of compelling drama.
Beyond its significance as a vital link in the history of the
women's movement, Fields's book is a thumping good read as
well."-T. Coraghessan Boyle Professor of English, University of
Southern California
"Armond Fields's meticulous biography allows us to witness
McCormick's rise from a priveleged Chicago childhood to an
exceptional education at all-male M.I.T., through a troubled
marriage, into her years of daring activism, both political and
scientific, on behalf of women's suffrage and reproductive rights.
This book greatly expands our picture of those times and will find
its place in libraries and universities as a valued source for
future research."-John Ahouse Curator, American Literature
Specialized Libraries Doheny Memorial Library, University of
Southern California
"Katharine Dexter McCormick is an outstanding role model and Armond
Fields' book opens her life for all of us."-Mary Lake Polan
Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford Univeristy School of Medicine
?Katharine Dexter McCormick's story has never before been so fully
told. McCormick came to champion women's rights through her
mother's commitment to the early suffragists....Her scientific
frame of mind, tenacity of spirit, and resolute belief in her own
ideas as she battled Stanley McCormick's domineering mother not
only shed light on her character, but also reveal new insights
about the many internecine disputes of the psychiatric
profession....Recommended. All levels/collections.?-Choice
?[W]ell researched, thorough, and professional.?-The Historian
?[W]ell researched, thorough, and professional.??The Historian
"ÝW¨ell researched, thorough, and professional."-The Historian
"[W]ell researched, thorough, and professional."-The Historian
"Katharine Dexter McCormick's story has never before been so fully
told. McCormick came to champion women's rights through her
mother's commitment to the early suffragists....Her scientific
frame of mind, tenacity of spirit, and resolute belief in her own
ideas as she battled Stanley McCormick's domineering mother not
only shed light on her character, but also reveal new insights
about the many internecine disputes of the psychiatric
profession....Recommended. All levels/collections."-Choice
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