Article ID: CBB957985292

Population Control, Family Planning, and Maternal Health Networks in the 1960s/70s: Diary of an International Consultant (2019)

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Over the past decade historians have explored the rise of the mid-twentieth-century population/family planning movement on both the international and the local levels. This article bridges the gap between these studies by exploring the work diaries of Dr. Adaline Pendleton ("Penny") Satterthwaite, a midlevel technical advisor who traveled to over two dozen countries for the Population Council from 1965 to 1974. Penny's diaries draw our attention to a diverse network of advocates who mediated between international population activists, state actors, and local communities while also acting as conduits for the transnational spread of strategies and resources. Her experiences also provide evidence of the coercive practices, gendered tensions, and political conflicts shaping the movement while illustrating the resistance and engagement of local actors, the existence of health- and women-centered approaches even during the high period of population control, and the many structural and social barriers shaping family planning projects in practice.

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Authors & Contributors
Greenhalgh, Susan
DiMoia, John P.
Matsuoka, Etsuko
Castro Arcos, Javier
Lee, Sujin
Sakai, Naoki
Concepts
Public health
Family planning
Birth control; contraception; sterilization
Population control
Women and health
Population
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
China
United States
East Asia
Japan
Korea
Los Angeles (California)
Institutions
Population Council
World Health Organization (WHO)
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