HIST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Birth Control League, American Equal Rights Association, Theodore Tilton
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First meeting took place on jan 14, 1882. Early on, the org worked to provide housing for female students. Pressed the hiring of qualified female professors. Audited the voting records of congressional reps on women"s education issues. Lobbied for family and medical leave legislation. Conducted an investigation into the disparate treatment of male and female students in schools in the united states. Org encouraged establishment of birth control clinics. Promoted a woman"s control over her own fertility. Establishes safety and effectiveness of the diaphragm as a contraceptive. Worked to develop a list of physicians willing to prescribe birth control devices. Org became planned parenthood federation of american in 1942. Created an attempt to mend post civil war breaches. Proposed enfranchising to all men in language. Women"s rights conventions had been cancelled during civil war. Goal was to secure equal rights to all american citizens. Uniting females and african american suffrage would unite forces without reservation.
