The Conservative Roots of the Reproductive Rights Revolution

By Beth Bailey 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

Griswold v Connecticut; Eisenstadt v Baird; Roe v Wade: these cases are the building blocks of reproductive freedom in the United States.

The Obergefell Syllabus: Historicizing Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

By notcheseditor 20th and 21st Century United States, Pedagogy

These books and articles form an extensive syllabus with which to teach students about Obergefell v. Hodges.

Too Little, Too Late: The Path To Griswold v. Connecticut

By Linda Gordon 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

It had taken fifty years to defeat the repressive, prudish and sexist ban on birth control.

Religious and Reproductive Politics in the United States since WWII

By Rebecca Davis 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body, Religion and Sexuality

We are only beginning to understand the role of “religion” in American debates over reproductive rights.

Disciplining Black Bodies: Racial Stereotypes of Cleanliness and Sexuality

By Victoria Wolcott 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body, Race and Ethnicity

The importance of highlighting the full humanity of historical actors whose voices are largely silent in the archive.

Archives of Desire: Happiness of Womanhood Newsletter, 1977

By Neil Young 20th and 21st Century United States

Fears of changing sexual mores shaped HOW’s women’s worldview and mobilized their politics.

Classroom Wars and Sexual Politics: An Interview with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

By Natalia Petrzela 20th and 21st Century United States, Childhood and Youth, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

The schoolhouse has long been a crucible in the construction and contestation of “family values.”