Gabfest Reads: How Two Rivals Shaped Birth Control in America

Political Gabfest host Emily Bazelon talks with author Stephanie Gorton about her new book, The Icon & The Idealist (amazon.com/dp/?tag=slatmaga-20).They discuss racism and prudishness in the early suffragist movement, how eugenics played a role in the birth control movement, and how two different women fought each other, despite wanting the same things.

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