The Children's Era: Table of Contents
Introduction
The Text
Summary
What is the Children's Era…and Why Aren't We In It? (Sentences 1-12)
The Secret Garden (Sentences 13-27)
Mo' Babies, Mo' Problems (Sentences 28-48)
The Bureau of the Unborn (Sentences 49-91)
Margaret Sanger's Requirements for Parenthood (92-109)
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Margaret Sanger
Ellen Key
Neo-Malthusians
Ruth Hale
Thit Jensen
Themes
Quotes
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy Quotes
Women and Femininity
Women and Femininity Quotes
Children and Childhood
Children and Childhood Quotes
Poverty
Poverty Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Anthony Comstock, The Comstock Act of 1873
United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries (December 7, 1936)
"Foreign Policy: Without Birth Control, Planet Doomed" by Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell (May 11, 2011)
"Want to Fight Poverty? Expand Access to Contraception" by Catherine Rampell (September 24, 2015)
Abolish Abortion Florida, Proposed Amendment to Florida Constitution (2016)
Then and Now
Analysis
The Text
Summary
What is the Children's Era…and Why Aren't We In It? (Sentences 1-12)
The Secret Garden (Sentences 13-27)
Mo' Babies, Mo' Problems (Sentences 28-48)
The Bureau of the Unborn (Sentences 49-91)
Margaret Sanger's Requirements for Parenthood (92-109)
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Margaret Sanger
Ellen Key
Neo-Malthusians
Ruth Hale
Thit Jensen
Themes
Quotes
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy Quotes
Women and Femininity
Women and Femininity Quotes
Children and Childhood
Children and Childhood Quotes
Poverty
Poverty Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Anthony Comstock, The Comstock Act of 1873
United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries (December 7, 1936)
"Foreign Policy: Without Birth Control, Planet Doomed" by Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell (May 11, 2011)
"Want to Fight Poverty? Expand Access to Contraception" by Catherine Rampell (September 24, 2015)
Abolish Abortion Florida, Proposed Amendment to Florida Constitution (2016)
Then and Now
Analysis
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
The Beautiful Garden of Children
Human Weeds/Trainloads of Children
The Enslaved Mother
The Unborn Child
The Bureau of the Child-to-Be
Rhetoric
Structure
Tone
Writing Style
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
Gardens, Government Agencies, and Other Places for Children
Gardens, Government Agencies, and Other Places for Children True or False
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire—No Wait, a Parent
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire—No Wait, a Parent True or False
The Beautiful Garden of Children
Human Weeds/Trainloads of Children
The Enslaved Mother
The Unborn Child
The Bureau of the Child-to-Be
Rhetoric
Structure
Tone
Writing Style
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
Gardens, Government Agencies, and Other Places for Children
Gardens, Government Agencies, and Other Places for Children True or False
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire—No Wait, a Parent
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire—No Wait, a Parent True or False