Hard cover book with red fabric and gold lettering on spine, 95 pages of text and additional thirteen pages of recommended books about birth control methods including the authors' other titles.
Hard cover book with red fabric and gold lettering on spine, 95 pages of text and additional thirteen pages of recommended books about birth control methods including the authors' other titles.
Located on the inside of the first page: "WISE PARENTHOOD // THE TREATISE ON BIRTH CONTROL // FOR MARRIED PEOPLE. A Practical // Sequel to "Married Love" // BY // MARIE CARMICHAEL STOPES // TWENTY-THIRD EDITION // Revised // 671st Thousand // PUTNAM & CO. LTD. // 42, Great Russell Street // LONDON"; next page: "Twenty-third Edition July 1940 // Reprinted five times // Completing 671st Thousand"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
18.7 cm
Width
12.4 cm
Depth
1.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Surface with minor dirt and grime; spine is broken on the interior; inside cover with scribbling from pencil marks; paper slightly aged to tan colour
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
Research Facts
Scottish author Dr. Marie Stopes (1880-1958) also campaigned for women's rights, and pioneer in the field of family planning. Stopes opened the UK's first family planning clinic in 1921, offering free service to married women and gathered scientific data about contraception. The opening of the clinic created one of the greatest social impacts of the 20th century and marked the start of a new era in which couples, for the first time, could reliably take control over their fertility.
In 1999 Dr. Marie Stopes was voted 'Woman of the Millennium' by Guardian newspaper readers in the UK.