How sex became a civil liberty /

Wheeler, Leigh Ann, 1967-

How sex became a civil liberty / Leigh Ann Wheeler. - xiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.

"Where else but Greenwich Village?" : taking sexual liberties, 1910s-1920s -- "Queer business for the Civil Liberties Union" : defending unconventional speech about sex, 1920s-1930s -- "Are you free to read, see, and hear?" : creating consumer rights out of the First Amendment, 1940s-1960s -- "To be let alone in the bedroom" : expanding sexual rights through privacy, 1940s-1960s -- "To produce offspring without interference by the state" : making reproductive freedom, 1960s-1970s -- "What's happening to sexual privacy?" : easing access to sexual expression, 1960s-1970s -- "Solutions must be found within civil libertarian guidelines" : protecting against rape and sexual harassment, 1970s-1990s.

9780199754236 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0199754233


American Civil Liberties Union--History--20th century.


Sexual rights--History--United States--20th century.
Sexo --Historia --Estados Unidos
Sexo y derecho--Estados Unidos
Sexualidad --Historia --Siglo XX

HQ 18 / W563h 2013

306.70973/0904