The campaign for birth control in Britain in the 1920s

Gender, Health and Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 143-166

  Hoggart, Lesley ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85069572031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203026069-6     Document Type: Chapter

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