Marie Stopes: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor wear to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Ruth Hall's Marie Stopes: A Biography chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most controversial and influential figures — a pioneering scientist, birth control campaigner, and women's rights advocate whose work fundamentally reshaped modern attitudes toward sexuality and reproductive freedom. Hall presents a rich, meticulously researched portrait of Stopes, detailing her remarkable dual career as a palaeobotanist and the founder of Britain's first birth control clinic in 1921. The biography uncovers the personal turbulences that shadowed Stopes's public triumphs, including her passionate love affairs, troubled marriages, and fierce battles against religious and political opposition. Written with authoritative clarity and narrative sweep, it illustrates how Stopes transformed deeply private matters into urgent public debates, cementing her legacy as one of the most divisive and groundbreaking women of her era.
Author: Ruth Hall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Andre Deutsch
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor wear to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Ruth Hall's Marie Stopes: A Biography chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the twentieth century's most controversial and influential figures — a pioneering scientist, birth control campaigner, and women's rights advocate whose work fundamentally reshaped modern attitudes toward sexuality and reproductive freedom. Hall presents a rich, meticulously researched portrait of Stopes, detailing her remarkable dual career as a palaeobotanist and the founder of Britain's first birth control clinic in 1921. The biography uncovers the personal turbulences that shadowed Stopes's public triumphs, including her passionate love affairs, troubled marriages, and fierce battles against religious and political opposition. Written with authoritative clarity and narrative sweep, it illustrates how Stopes transformed deeply private matters into urgent public debates, cementing her legacy as one of the most divisive and groundbreaking women of her era.