Women against abortion : inside the largest moral reform movement of the twentieth century

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Label

Women against abortion : inside the largest moral reform movement of the twentieth century

Title remainder

inside the largest moral reform movement of the twentieth century

Statement of responsibility

Karissa Haugeberg

Creator

• Haugeberg, Karissa, 1978-

Author

• Haugeberg, Karissa, 1978-

Subject

• Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• History
• Pro-life movement
• Pro-life movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States
• Women -- Political activity
• Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• 1900-1999
• Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

Women from remarkably diverse religious, social, and political backgrounds made up the rank-and-file of anti-abortion activism. Empowered by--yet in many cases scared of--the changes wrought by feminism, they founded grassroots groups, developed now-familiar strategies and tactics, and gave voice to the movement's moral and political dimensions. Drawing on oral histories and interviews with prominent figures, Karissa Haugeberg examines American women's fight against abortion. Beginning in the 1960s, she 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, including Juli Loesch and Joan Andrews, and their encounters with the influx of evangelicals into the movement. She also looks at the activism of evangelical Protestant Shelley Shannon, a prominent pro-life extremist of the 1990s. Throughout, Haugeberg explores important questions such as the ways people fused religious conviction with partisan politics, activists' rationalizations for lethal violence, and how women claimed space within an unshakably patriarchal movement. A balanced treatment of an explosive topic, Women against Abortion is an overdue portrait of the foot soldiers behind a potent American cause. -- Provided by publisher

Member of

• Women, gender, and sexuality in American history

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

320.082/0973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ767.5.U5

LC item number

H397 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Women, gender, and sexuality in American history