Contraception and modern Ireland : : a social history, c.1922-92 / / Laura Kelly, University of Strathclyde.
Contraception was the subject of intense controversy in twentieth-century Ireland. Banned in 1935 and stigmatised by the Catholic Church, it was the focus of some of the most polarised debates before and after its legalisation in 1979. This is the first comprehensive, dedicated history of contracept...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ;, New York, NY : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 363 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Feb 2023). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; 1. Access to contraception and family planning information in Ireland from the 1920s to the 1950s; 2. Sexual knowledge and morality from the 1940s to the 1970s; 3. Birth control practices and attitudes to contraception in the 1960s and 1970s; 4. The pill, women's agency and doctor-patient relationships in the 1960s and 1970s; 5. The Catholic Church, 'sympathetic' priests and religious influences on family planning after Humane Vitae; 6. Family planning clinics and activism in the 1970s; 7. Feminist campaigns for free, safe and legal contraception in the 1970s; 8. Campaigns against contraception in 1970s and 1980s Ireland; 9. Family planning after the Family Planning Act: access to contraception in 1980s and 1990s Ireland; Conclusion; Appendix.