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The fight for sex ed : the century-long battle between truth and doctrine / Margaret Grace Myers.

Myers, Margaret Grace, (author., author).

Summary:

"What we teach young people has serious ramifications for reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality, and public health. Sex education lies at the intersection of these hugely important cultural forces, yet it has been largely invisible. This book illuminates its potential-and its power"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780807008065
  • ISBN: 0807008060
  • Physical Description: xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Dr. Prince Morrow and the Birth of Sexual Health Advocacy in America -- Ella Flagg Young and the First Sex Ed Lectures in American Public Schools -- Fit to Fight: Syphilis and WWI -- Thomas Parran and "The Next Great Plague to Go" -- Ellsworth Buck's Drive to Educate New York City -- World War II -- The Birth and Boycott of the Sex Ed Film -- Sex Ed and Family Life Education in the 1950s -- The First North American Conference on Church and Family -- The Birth of SIECUS -- The Religious Right Comes for SIECUS -- The New Battles of the 1970s -- A Decade of Federal Action -- Curricula Wars -- AIDS -- The Rise of Comprehensive Sex Ed -- The A-H Definition -- Trump, Biden, and Today -- Afterword: The Future of Sex Ed.
Subject:
Sex instruction > United States > History.

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Marion Library 613.9 MYE (Text) 37810435836936 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/24/2026