Gabfest Reads: How Two Rivals Shaped Birth Control in America

Political Gabfest host Emily Bazelon talks with author Stephanie
Gorton about her new book, The Icon & The Idealist.They
discuss racism and prudishness in the early suffragist movement,
how eugenics played a role in the birth control movement, and how
two different women fought each other, despite wanting the same
things.  Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or
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