{"product_id":"mary-ware-dennett-birth-control-laws-first-edition-122465","title":"Birth Control Laws.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst edition, first printing, of this significant contribution to the US birth control debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Ware Dennett (1872-1947) was a psychologist and suffragist who in 1919 wrote a sex education pamphlet for teenagers titled The Sex Side of Life. It was printed in a medical journal and then self-published and distributed via the YMCA\/YWCA and state health agencies. 'The U.S. Postal Service declared it was obscene material, had her arrested, and took her to court in a highly publicised case. The ruling was against her, but she became a popular and dedicated writer and speaker for socialist causes' (Ogilvie, Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science, p. 347).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, first printing; 8vo; title to appendix II printed in red and black on thinner paper, spotting to the edges of the text block and early and late leaves; original blue cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, spine darkened, some light spots to the cloth, gilt titles dulled, a very good copy in the rubbed and tanned jacket with spotting and some small chips and nicks; 309pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"DENNETT, Mary Ware.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57392128131447,"sku":"122465","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/122465_01.jpg?v=1787475687","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/mary-ware-dennett-birth-control-laws-first-edition-122465","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}