Below is a compilation of the sources used to create the Reproductive Rights v. Pressure of Motherhood exhibit.

These are in no way the entirety of what the Rubenstein Library has to offer researchers interested in reproductive rights or the depiction of women in advertisements. They are simply a starting point that was explored over the course of this project.

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Anne Baker Papers

  • Mandatory Motherhood: The True Meaning of “Right to Life,” Garret Hardin, 1974. Box 3. 
  • Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of Birth Control, Lawrence Lader and Milton Meltzer, 1969. Box 3. 

Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Archives

  • Flyers for Pro-Choice Rallies & Marches. Box 8, Folder: Atlanta Feminist Women’s Health Center 8.11.
  • Pro-Choice Images. Box 8, Folder: Atlanta Women’s Groups 8.40.
  • Mothers and Children. Box 8, Folder: Atlanta Women’s Liberation Group 8.9.
  • No Women Speak At Pro-Life Rally, Anne Corwin, 1979. Box 8, Folder: Abortion/Reproductive Rights 8.47.
  • Women and Contraception. Box 8, Folder: Atlanta Women’s Liberation Group 8.9.
  • Abortion Is No Man’s Business, Natalie Shainess, M.D.. Box 12, Folder: Know Inc. Reprinted Articles & Papers 12.4.
  • U.S. Women’s Struggle for Planned Parenthood, Marion Basset, 1968. Box 12, Folder: Know Inc. Reprinted Articles & Papers 12.6.
  • Women’s Health Clinics’ Advertisements. Box 12, Folder: Know Inc. Reprinted Articles & Papers 12.1.
  • Abortion and Class Society, YAWF Women. Box 13, Folder: Abortion 13.25.
  • African American Women Are For Reproductive Freedom: We Remember. Box 13, Folder: African American Women 13.24.
  • Birth Control and Abortion: Some Things to Worry About, Lynn Phillips. Box 13, Folder: Abortion 13.25.
  • Feminist Images. Box 13, Folder: Abortion 13.25.
  • Notes taken by “E.S.” outlining what the Human Life Amendment would mean for women, E.S. Box 13, Folder: Abortion 13.25.
  • Problem Pregnancy Guide by,  for, and about Women, Phila Resistance. Box: 13, Folder: Childbirth 13.30.
  • Sterilization: The Politics of Birth Control, Teddi Lane, 1973. Box 14, Folder: Contraception 14.3.

D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives

  • Ivory Snow Advertisements, 1954-1958. Box 112.

Jean Kilbourne Papers

  • How Advertisers Portray Men and Women: The Reality Gap and Its Social Consequences, Paula England & Teresa Gardner, 1982. Box 42, Folder: Research Files: Sex Role Stereotypes – Research 1977 – 1997.
  • A Challenge To All Your Ideas About Motherhood & Daughterhood, Adrienne Rich, 1976. Box 42, Folder: Research Files: Sex-Role Stereotypes: Women & Work – Motherhood 1976 -1990.
  • Is Television Making a Mockery of the American Woman?, Edith Efron, 1970. Box 42, Folder: Research Files: Sex Role Stereotypes – Television 1970 – 1991.
  • Abortion: An Issue That Won’t Go Away, Helen Epstein, 1980. Box 45, Folder: Research Files Sexual Health – Abortion 1978 – 1990.
  • Danger – A “Human Life” Amendment is on the Way, Rhonda Copelon, 1981. Box 45, Folder: Research Files Sexual Health – Abortion 1978 – 1990.
  • Political Cartoons. Box 45, Folder: Research Files Sexual Health – Abortion 1978 – 1990.
  • The Ultimate Invasion of Privacy, Gloria Steinam, 1981.  Box 45, Folder: Research Files Sexual Health – Abortion 1978 – 1990.
  • USA Today INQUIRY Topic: Abortion, Barbara Reynolds, 1984. Box 45, Folder: Research Files Sexual Health – Abortion 1978 – 1990. 
  • Print Advertisements, 1978-1979. Box 77, Folder: Marketing to Women.
  • Print Advertisements, 1975-1980. Box 79, Folder: Advertisements: Housewives and Mothers 1977 – 1984.

Ladies’ Home Journal

  • Print Advertisements. Box 87.1 (Jan: 1970) thru 87.12 (Dec: 1970).

Notes from the first year.

  • Abortion Rally Speech, Shulamith Firestone, 1968. HQ 1426.N66 1968

Poor black women.

  • Poor Black Women – including Birth Control Pills and Black Children, A Response, and Poor Black Women, Black Unity Party, 1968. HQ 766.5.U6 P667 1968

Prescriptive Literature

  • Eva Featheringill, How to Be A Successful Mother, New York, Morrow, 1965. HQ769 .F3 1965.
  • Maxine Davis, Woman’s Medical Problems, New York: Pocket Books, 1953.  RG121 .D38 1953.

ProQuest Publication. Essence, New York

  • Digital Advertisements, 1970. Volume 1.
  • Birth Control and the Black Woman, Kay Lindsey, 1970. Volume 1 (6).
  • Digital Advertisements, 1971. Volume 2.
  • Point of View on Motherhood, Linda Roots, 1971. Volume 2 (5). 

Reproductive Rights National Network records

  • Abortion: The Battle of “Life” vs “Choice”, TIME Magazine, 1981. Box 1, Folder: Publicity: fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, magazine coverage, 1970-1982.
  • Feminist Images. Box 1, Folder: Publicity: fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, magazine coverage, 1970-1982.
  • Images of Women’s Marches. Box 1, Folder: Publicity: fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, magazine coverage, 1970-1982.
  • No More Genocide! Women of ALL Red Nations Unite, Reproductive Rights Newsletter, 1980. Box 1, Folder: Publicity: fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, magazine coverage, 1970-1982.
  • Political Cartoons. Box 1, Folder: Publicity: fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, magazine coverage, 1970-1982.
  • “Status of Medicaid Funding for Abortion” Illustration. Box 1, Folder: Publicity: fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, magazine coverage, 1970-1982.

Roy Lightner Collection of Antique Advertisements

  • Print Advertisements. Box 5, Folder: H.J. Heinz 1901 -1960.
  • Print Advertisements. Box 5, Folder: Ivory 1894 – 1974.
  • Print Advertisements. Box 5, Folder: Johnson & Johnson 1921 – 1975.

Takey Crist Papers

  • Political Cartoons, 1981. Box 19, Folder: Helms, Jessie, Political Cartoons.