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.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
advocatesFor birth control for certain groups ⓘ
selective parenthood ⓘ
associatedWithMovement birth control movement ⓘ
eugenics movement ⓘ
author Marie Stopes NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
ethicalStance supports coercive or restrictive reproductive policies ⓘ
genre birth control literature ⓘ
eugenics literature ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
hasAuthorialView motherhood as a duty to the race ⓘ
mothers should consider genetic quality of offspring ⓘ
hasPerspective pronatalist toward the "fit" ⓘ
restrictive toward the "unfit" ⓘ
hasReception considered historically important in birth control debates ⓘ
criticized for its eugenic ideology ⓘ
historicalContext early 20th-century eugenics discourse ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary eugenic theories ⓘ
early 20th-century population anxieties ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject birth control ⓘ
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 ⓘ
eugenic selection of parents ⓘ
publicationYear 1920 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Married Love NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wise Parenthood NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience married women ⓘ
prospective parents ⓘ

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Marie Stopes → notableWork → Radiant Motherhood ⓘ