Abstract
From the early 1920s a forceful campaign gathered momentum to persuade successive Ministers of Health to recognise birth control as an essential part of public health work.
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The New Generation, II, 1 (1923) p. 1.
The New Generation, II, 2 (1923) p. 18.
Birth Control News, I, 9 (1923) p. 1.
The New Generation, I, 8 (1922) p. 1.
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Ibid. p. 64.
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Ibid.
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Ibid. p. 12.
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Hansard (Commons), 191 (9 February 1926) cols. 849–58.
The New Generation, V, 3 (1926) p. 25.
The New Generation, V, 5 (1926) pp. 49, 53.
Dowse and Peel, pp. 187–8.
I am indebted for this information to the Hon. Lady Farrer, personal interview, 10 July 1973.
Hansard (Lords), 63 (28 April 1926) cols. 996–1058.
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Leathard, A. (1980). Political Action. In: The Fight for Family Planning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04451-1_4
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