CDFS 408 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Class, Margaret Sanger, Ovulation
31 May 2018
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Fertility in America
1800 – 1940s
Family size
·Family size in the United States drastically declined between 1800 and 1900 from 7 to 3.5
children
Traditional Demographic Theory
·Changes in fertility linked to shift from a agricultural society to industrialized one (Callan
1981)
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·Greater access to reproductive knowledge and control
Women’s Health
·Margaret Sanger a public health nurse
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·In 1912, initiated efforts to circulate information about and provide access to contraception,
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·In 1916, she opened the first family planning clinic in Brooklyn, New York,
Fertility in America 1920s to 1930s
·Family Planning Milestones of the 1920s
-1925, the diaphragm was first manufactured in the United States
-1928, ovulation timing was established
·By 1930s, family planning services provided by a few state health departments and public
hospitals
·Limited employment opportunities and financial uncertainty of the Great Depression
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Document Summary
Family size in the united states drastically declined between 1800 and 1900 from 7 to 3. 5 children. Changes in fertility linked to shift from a agricultural society to industrialized one (callan. In 1912, initiated efforts to circulate information about and provide access to contraception, and. In 1916, she opened the first family planning clinic in brooklyn, new york, 1925, the diaphragm was first manufactured in the united states. By 1930s, family planning services provided by a few state health departments and public hospitals. Limited employment opportunities and financial uncertainty of the great depression. Average age of mothers was 26 (23 for first birth) American men went off to fight in world war ii. A rapid increase in women in the labor force. Fertility for all non-white women were generally higher but paralleled white women"s patterns from the 1930s to 1947. The post-war era was a period of financial uncertainty.
