This is a biography of Mary Ware Dennett, who was an educator in sex education and the author of the widely distributed pamphlet, "The Sex Side of Life". Dennett was a pioneer in sex education, who battled with Congress in her fight against the censorship law that banned the dissemination of any information about human sexuality. So threatening was Dennett's message to those who would limit a woman's knowledge of contraception, that the Post Office used exaggerated obscenity charges to frame Dennett in a trial that became a ...
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This is a biography of Mary Ware Dennett, who was an educator in sex education and the author of the widely distributed pamphlet, "The Sex Side of Life". Dennett was a pioneer in sex education, who battled with Congress in her fight against the censorship law that banned the dissemination of any information about human sexuality. So threatening was Dennett's message to those who would limit a woman's knowledge of contraception, that the Post Office used exaggerated obscenity charges to frame Dennett in a trial that became a landmark case in obscenity law. Dennett was also executive secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and founding organizer of the National Birth Control League, and she held key positions in the American Union Against Militarism.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1565841328. Cover is black with silver lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 19 b/w photos and some b/w drawings. "A suffragette, a leading figure of the American Arts and Crafts movement, a prominent peace activist, and a crusader for the right to obtain and distribute information about contraception, Mary Ware Dennett was also author of the sex-education pamphlet "The Sex Side of Life: An Explanation for Young People". Though the pamphlet--written in 1915 for Dennett's adolescents sons--ultimately became a respected, widely-read publication, public officials judged it obscene and brought Dennett to trial in a landmark censorship case...."; B&W Illustrations; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2; 374 pages; Cover has slight edge wear and bumping. DJ has some light edge wear, very slight crinkling across top of back.
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