An Intersectional Archaeology of Women's Reproductive Rights
Author(s): Tracy H. Jenkins
Year: 2017
Summary
Black feminist activists working in reproductive rights have long pointed out that access to abortion must be part of a larger project that also addresses poverty, racism, and other vectors of oppression that impact on women's ability to exercise free choice over their reproduction. Family planning decisions sit at the intersection of these power structures. This is illustrated at an early 20th-century tenement in Easton, Maryland, where gender ideals, racial segregation, slumlord renting, commercialization, and medicalization create the provenience for a 1903 package of Chichester's English Pennyroyal Pills.
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An Intersectional Archaeology of Women's Reproductive Rights. Tracy H. Jenkins. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435299)
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Keywords
General
abortion
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Intersectionality
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Power
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1891-1946
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 471