Family Planning Association and Contraceptive Science and Technology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

Natasha Szuhan is Lecturer and Researcher in Sociology at the Australian National University and teaches History at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests lie broadly within and around the history of science, technology, and medicine.

• Chapter 1. Introduction. - Chapter 2. Instituting and Regulating the Contraceptive Clinic and Services. - Chapter 3. Teaching and Networking the Wright Way. - Chapter 4. Employing Pure and Applied Science to Assess Contraceptive Technologies. - Chapter 5. Contraceptive Standards in the Age of the Pill: Influencing and Exporting Formal Oversight. - Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Fittest Survived?

“The Family Planning Association is a valuable and interesting exploration of organizational history, worthy of recommendation to historians of sexuality, contraception, and public health.” (Agata I gnaciuk, Technology and Culture, Vol. 65 (3), July, 2024)