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Masters of Their Own Bodies: The Great Canadian Birth Control Trial

AUTHOR Giuliani, Peter
PUBLISHER FriesenPress (04/28/2025)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Sex and the long arm of the Catholic Church. Eccentric millionaires and Canada's Eugenics Society. Poverty and intolerance trapping the working class. It's 1936 during the Great Depression and the nation watches as a spectacular court case unfolds in a tiny town just outside Ottawa. Dorothea Palmer has brought birth control to French Catholic Eastview's poorest women and the government will not stand for it, but there is far more at play than first meets the eye.
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ISBN-13: 9781038333056
ISBN-10: 1038333059
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 242
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.69 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 1.06 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Dust Cover
Country of Origin: US
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Social Science | Abortion & Birth Control
Social Science | Women
Social Science | Canada - General
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Sex and the long arm of the Catholic Church. Eccentric millionaires and Canada's Eugenics Society. Poverty and intolerance trapping the working class. It's 1936 during the Great Depression and the nation watches as a spectacular court case unfolds in a tiny town just outside Ottawa. Dorothea Palmer has brought birth control to French Catholic Eastview's poorest women and the government will not stand for it, but there is far more at play than first meets the eye.
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