Radiant Motherhood
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Radiant Motherhood is a 1920 book by Marie Stopes that promotes birth control and eugenic ideas about selective parenthood and maternal responsibility.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Radiant Motherhood canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
birth control for certain groups
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selective parenthood ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
birth control movement
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eugenics movement ⓘ |
| author | Marie Stopes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethicalStance | supports coercive or restrictive reproductive policies ⓘ |
| genre |
birth control literature
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eugenics literature ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialView |
motherhood as a duty to the race
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mothers should consider genetic quality of offspring ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
pronatalist toward the "fit"
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restrictive toward the "unfit" ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered historically important in birth control debates
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criticized for its eugenic ideology ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early 20th-century eugenics discourse
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interwar period ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
contemporary eugenic theories
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early 20th-century population anxieties ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
birth control
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eugenics ⓘ maternal responsibility ⓘ motherhood ⓘ parenthood ⓘ population control ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial views on who should reproduce
ⓘ
linking birth control to eugenic goals ⓘ |
| promotesIdea |
differential reproduction based on perceived fitness
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eugenic selection of parents ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Married Love
NERFINISHED
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Wise Parenthood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
married women
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prospective parents ⓘ |
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