Inside the Eugenics Quarterly: American Eugenicists and the Birth Control Movement in 1929

Authors

Meg Spaulding, University of California, Santa Cruz

Abstract

This essay uses issues of the Eugenics Quarterly from 1929 to examine the ways in which the eugenics and the birth control movements overlapped and, ultimately, used each other for their own gain. The articles about birth control in the Eugenics Quarterly show that eugenicists were grappling with whether or not birth control would help or hinder their cause. Overall, they saw birth control as a helpful factor for their eugenics principles. Similarly, the birth control movement used the authority and reputability of eugenic scientists to bolster their own mission.

First Page

47

Last Page

59

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Recommended Citation

Spaulding, Meg (2021) "Inside the Eugenics Quarterly: American Eugenicists and the Birth Control Movement in 1929," Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History: Vol. 11: Iss. 1, Article 4.
DOI: 10.20429/aujh.2021.110104
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol11/iss1/4