What Adolescents Ought to Know: Sexual Health Texts in Early Twentieth-Century America

by Jennifer Burek Pierce

In 1901, Dr. Alfred Fournier committed an act both simple and revolutionary: he wrote For Our Sons, When They Turn 18, a sexual and reproductive health treatise based on his clinical work at a leading Paris hospital. If this booklet aided adolescent understanding of health, it also encouraged reformers around the world to publish. By 1913, countless works on venereal disease prevention were available to adolescents. During this period, authors wrestled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558498923
• ISBN13: 9781558498921
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher