Johanna Schoen is assistant professor of history and women's studies at the University of Iowa.
[A] well-written book. . . . [that has] the sort of impact that
many academics dream of initiating and rarely achieve.--Journal of
Interdisciplinary History
Although not indicated in either title or subtitle, this book's
focus is North Carolina, 1880-1973. There is, however, nothing
narrow or provincial about this impressive study. . . . It is
impossible here to adequately convey the sophistication and
complexity of the monograph. . . . All students and practitioners
interested in women's health, social welfare policy, community
medicine, social activism, fertility control, reproductive rights,
pharmaceutical trials, coercive abortion, and sterilization
programs should read this book. Essential.--Choice
An insightful and engaging account of local, national, and
international struggles over the control of women's fertility. . .
. Should be read by students and researchers alike interested in
the American South, medicine, state formation, and the
intersections of gender, race, and class.--NC Historical Review
Deserves to be on the reading list of every women's studies program
and to be read by men and women who wish to improve the health of
both our female citizens and our democracy.--Winston-Salem
Journal
Schoen analyzes how news reports can water down historical
complexity and stifle further discussion, and how apologies can
mislead the public into thinking that problems have been solved and
impoverished women's reproductive rights are secure.--Journal of
African American History
Schoen successfully reveals what has been a misunderstood history
of the agency and coercion involved in the relationship between
women's bodies and the state. This book is a valuable contribution
to the history of medicine, public health and welfare, women's
rights and the impact of state policy on individual women and their
families in the United States and around the world.--Journal of
American Studies
Schoen works from a dazzling array of material. . . . [She] sifts
through this evidence with remarkable care and tact, providing a
picture of the changing nature of women's access to reproductive
technologies over several decades. The strength of the work lies in
how Schoen refuses to shy away from complex and competing accounts
of a fraught set of topics. . . . A bold and innovative move to set
the terms on which we might be able to write global histories of
reproduction.--Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied
Sciences
Skillfully demonstrates the global impact of these earlier
twentieth century debates and imperial relationships. . . . Schoen
skillfully positions her work within the wider study of women's
reproduction history.--Material Culture
The material on North Carolina [is] compelling and highly
accessible.--Journal of the History of Medicine
This is an important study, one that rightfully places North
Carolina's story squarely on the historical map.--American
Historical Review
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