The Mountain Maternal Health League and the changing politics of birth control in Kentucky, 1936-1949

Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianpolis === In 1936, Clarence J. Gamble, heir to the Proctor & Gamble fortune, established the Mountain Maternal Health League (MMHL) in Berea, Kentucky. Gamble had a strong interest in testing the effectiveness of simple birth control methods as a mea...

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Main Author: Holly, Jenny M.
Other Authors: Robertson, Nancy
Language:en_US
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1805/12679
https://doi.org/10.7912/C2P37B