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

by Courtney Q Shah

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.

Against the backdrop of the Progressive Era, World War I, and the 1920s, sex education burgeoned in the United States through institutions like the YMCA, the popular press, girls' schools, and the US military. As access to sexualknowledge increased,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580465358
• ISBN13: 9781580465359
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"