inside the largest moral reform movement of the twentieth century
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Haugeberg, Karissa
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- VS 34 2017 - B
- Thesaurus
- abortusstrijd, abortussen, rooms-katholicisme, geweld, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Women from diverse religious, social, and political backgrounds made up the rank-and-file of anti-abortion activism. Empowered by the changes wrought by feminism, they founded grassroots groups, developed strategies and tactics, and gave voice to the movement's moral and political dimensions. Beginning in the 1960s, Haugeberg looks at Marjory Mecklenburg's attempt to shift the attention of anti-abortion leaders from the rights of fetuses to the needs of pregnant women. Moving forward she traces the grassroots work of Catholic women, and their encounters with the influx of evangelicals into the movement.