Sex Ed, Segregated: The Quest for Sexual Knowledge in Progressive-Era America

Courtney Q. Shah

doi:10.1017/9781580468862

Demonstrates that the intersection between race, gender, and class formed the backbone of Progressive-Era debates over sex education, the policing of sexuality, and the prevention of venereal disease.

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The Quest for Sexual Knowledge in Progressive-Era America

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp ix-xvi

1 - The Origins of the Sex Education Movement
pp 1-14

2 - Parental Prerogative and School-Based Sex Education
pp 15-30

3 - Sex Education for Whites Only?
pp 31-54

4 - Venereal Disease and Sex Education for African Americans
pp 55-77

5 - Sex Education in the American Expeditionary Force
pp 78-104

6 - Policing Sexuality on the Home Front
pp 105-129

7 - Sex Education in the 1920s
pp 130-140

Conclusion
pp 141-148

Notes
pp 149-186

Bibliography
pp 187-206

Index
pp 207-212

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