Sex and Herbs and Birth Control
Author : Ann Hibner Koblitz
Publisher :
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Abortion
ISBN : 9780989665506
Author : Ann Hibner Koblitz
Publisher :
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Abortion
ISBN : 9780989665506
Author : John M. Riddle
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0674266676
In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John M. Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women from ancient Egyptian times to the fifteenth century had relied on an extensive pharmacopoeia of herbal abortifacients and contraceptives to regulate fertility. In Eve’s Herbs, Riddle explores a new question: If women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? Beginning with the testimony of a young woman brought before the Inquisition in France in 1320, Riddle asks what women knew about regulating fertility with herbs and shows how the new intellectual, religious, and legal climate of the early modern period tended to cast suspicion on women who employed “secret knowledge” to terminate or prevent pregnancy. Knowledge of the menstrual-regulating qualities of rue, pennyroyal, and other herbs was widespread through succeeding centuries among herbalists, apothecaries, doctors, and laywomen themselves, even as theologians and legal scholars began advancing the idea that the fetus was fully human from the moment of conception. Drawing on previously unavailable material, Riddle reaches a startling conclusion: while it did not persist in a form that was available to most women, ancient knowledge about herbs was not lost in modern times but survived in coded form. Persecuted as “witchcraft” in centuries past and prosecuted as a crime in our own time, the control of fertility by “Eve’s herbs” has been practiced by Western women since ancient times.
Author : John M. Riddle
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Abortifacients
ISBN : 9780674168763
This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages.
Author : Elaine Tyler May
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1458758273
In 1960, the FDA approved the contraceptive commonly known as “the pill.” Advocates, developers, and manufacturers believed that the convenient new drug would put an end to unwanted pregnancy, ensure happy marriages, and even eradicate poverty. But as renowned historian Elaine Tyler May reveals inAmerica and the Pill, it was women who embraced it and created change. They used the pill to challenge the authority of doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and lawmakers. They demonstrated that the pill was about much more than family planning—it offered women control over their bodies and their lives. From little-known accounts of the early years to personal testimonies from young women today, May illuminates what the pill did and didnotachieve during its half century on the market.
Author : John M. Riddle
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674270268
In Contraception And Abortion From The Ancient World To The Renaissance, Riddle showed that women in ancient times relied on herbs to regulate fertility. In this volume, he shows that this ancient knowledge was not lost, but survived in coded form.
Author : Philippines
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 30,31 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Gazettes
ISBN :
Author : McGregor R. R.
Publisher : Cloud Chief Pub
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780963660206
HERBAL BIRTH CONTROL is a fascinating introduction to the ancient practice of using natural plant mixtures for contraception & abortion. It outlines the history of herbal contraception & abortion from the ancient Greeks, through the suppression of the Medieval Church, to the skeptical attitudes of modern doctors & bureaucrats. It identifies the particular plants that have been used for centuries, provides recipes gleaned from ancient & modern texts, & contains an amazing amount of information regarding the effectiveness & dangers of both ancient & modern forms of birth control. It is a short but important work that will shake up political, medical & pharmaceutical establishments & give women more options in their quest to control their own fertility. A gently feminist viewpoint, the book emphasizes the democratization of female medicine. It argues that women should have complete control of their own reproductive functions & for an end to medical & political prejudice against informed self-medication. It calls for further investigation of herbal contraception so that women might someday grow safe, effective herbs in their own gardens to control their own fertility with privacy & confidence. $10.00, Cloud Chief Publishing, P.O. Box 1664, Weatherford, OK 73096, 405-772-7143.
Author : Lisa Vinebaum
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 2015-06-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 162106221X
Hot Pants, long an underground classic, offers great basic sexual health information along with tried and true herbal treatments for common gynecological problems. "Patriarchy sucks," the authors begin. "It's robbed us of our autonomy and much of our history. We believe it's integral for women to be aware and in control of our own bodies." In that spirit, diagrams and herbal remedies teach you how to diagnose and heal many basic problems, including bladder infections, inducing your period, easing cramps and PMS, aphrodisiacs, and dealing with pregnancy. You'll learn herbal remedies to ease every stage of your menstrual cycle. This book deserves a place next to your copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Author : Sage-Femme Collective
Publisher : Natural Liberty
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 13,65 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0964592002
At head of title: Sage-Femme Collective.
Author : Vicki Oransky Wittenstein
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1467792373
Throughout history, men and women have always found ways to control reproduction. In some ancient societies, people turned to herbs or traditional rituals. Others turned to methods that are still used in the twenty-first century, such as abstinence, condoms, and abortions. Legislating access to birth control, sex education, and abortion is also not new. In 1873 the US Congress made it illegal to mail 'obscene, lewd, or lascivious materials'—including any object designed for contraception or to induce abortion. In some states in the 1900s, it was illegal for Americans to possess, sell, advertise, or even speak about methods of controlling pregnancy. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and others began to defy these laws and advocate for the legalization of birth control and for better women's reproductive healthcare. By 1960 doctors had developed the Pill, but it wasn't until 1972 that all US citizens had legal access to birth control. And in the landmark decision Roe v Wade (1973), the US Supreme Court ruled that women had a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. Disputes over contraception, sex education, and abortion continue to roil the nation, leading to controversial legal and political rulings and occasionally violence. As society changes—and as new reproductive technologies expand the possibilities for controlling and initiating pregnancy—Americans will continue to debate reproductive rights for all.