Reviews for Reproductive Science, Genetics, and Birth Control

The average rating for Reproductive Science, Genetics, and Birth Control based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-04-17 00:00:00 Christopher Tyson American women certainly didn't "win" the vote - they earned it. And I don't mean you and me. I mean the tight group of courageous women (which most of us today can't even name) portrayed in this book who spent literally decades being persecuted, jailed, beaten and self-starved in hunger strikes just so we double-Xs could have a voice in our own government. While the subject matter itself is overwhelmingly amazing, the book is a definite roller-coaster ride of genius and mediocrity. That being said, at the very least, PLEASE watch the HBO movie "Iron Jawed Angels" with Hilary Swank, Julia Ormond, et. al (AMAZING cast)--which is a powerful and accurate account of factual events. You will sing the praises of these women til the day you die - as I do. FAVORITE QUOTES: It is my sincere hope that you will understand and appreciate the martyrdom involved, for it was the conscious voluntary gift of beautiful, strong and young hearts. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. (Revolutionary maxim) "They WILL do something about it if only we continue to make them uncomfortable enough." (Alice Paul, suffragist leader) The purpose of the procession was to dramatize in numbers and beauty the fact that women wanted to vote... What politicians had not been able to get through their minds we would give them through their eyes--often a powerful substitute. "Those who hold power are responsible to the country for the use of it. They are responsible not only for what they do, but for what they do not do." (Lucy Burns) No more questions on mother and home! No swan song on the passing of charm and womanly loveliness! Only agile scrambling by each committee member to ask with eagerness and some heat, "Well, if this amendment has not passed Congress by then, what will you do in the elections of 1916?" Nothing like suffrage for women must be allowed to rock the ship even slightly! Oh, no indeed; it was men's business to keep the nation out of war. Men never had shown marked skill at keeping nations out of war in the history of the world. But never mind! Logic must not be pressed too hard upon the "reasoning" sex. "It is women for women now and shall be until the fight is won! Together we shall stand shoulder to shoulder for the greatest principle the world had ever known, the right of self-government... We are bound to win. There never has been a fight yet where interest was pitted against principle that principle did not triumph!" (Inez Milholland) "We are here today to pay tribute to Inez Millholland... who was our comrade. Let our tribute be no words which pass, nor song which flies, nor flower which fades. Let it be this: that we finish the task she could not finish; that with new strength we take up the struggle in which fighting beside us she fell; that with new faith we here consecrate ourselves to the cause of woman's freedom until the cause is won." (Maud Younger speaking at Inez Milholland's memorial) "There is only one cause for which it is right to risk health and life. No price is too high to pay for liberty. So long as lives of women are required, these lives will be given." (resolution to President Wilson upon Inez Milholland's death)

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-19 00:00:00 Jonathan Mcillwain Since I stopped taking history after high school, most of the history I've read was written relatively recently reflecting back on the past. Something I LOVED about this book is that it was published in 1920 at the time the movement was happening - the perspectives and attitudes (i.e. racism) represent the the climate at the time of the movement which I found really interesting. It is written by Doris Stevens who was an active participant in the movement. I'm also fairly ignorant about American Women's Suffrage, so I really enjoyed learning about it in much more detail. So many things said about the women's suffrage movement by President Wilson, Senators and journalists you could plop into today's world and it would be about the Black Lives Matter movement. The similarities are truly astonishing. I would highly recommend this book. Bonus - if you don't mind hard coded page numbers and small typos in the text you can get this book for free on Kindle.