Choice magazines outstanding academic books for 2004the only book to cover the entire history of birth control and the intense controversies about reproduction rights that have raged in the united states for more than 150 years the moral property of women is a thoroughly updated and revised version of the award winning historian linda gordons classic history womans body womans right originally published in 1976arguing that reproduction control has always been central to womens . Choice magazines outstanding academic books for 2004the only book to cover the entire history of birth control and the intense controversies about reproduction rights that have raged in the united. The moral property of women a history of birth control politics in america belinda sweeney ba hons 1 archives of sexual behavior volume 35 pages 381 383 2006cite this article 456 accesses metrics details this is a preview of subscription content log in to check access access options buy single article instant access to the full article pdf us 3995 tax calculation will . Linda gordons classic study the moral property of women is the most complete history of birth control ever written it covers the entire history of the intense controversies about reproductive rights that have raged in the united states for more than 150 years from the earliest attempts of women to organize for the legal control of their bodies to the effects of second wave feminism gordon defines the role that birth control has played in societys attitudes toward women sexuality and