Interested in any given story? Let me know in "comments" and I'll type it out.THE FIFTH ATTACK: Unknown Man Attempts to Drag Girl from her Bed: Screams Awaken Parents and Prowler Makes His Escape; Thought to be Same Man Who Attacked Four Other Girls Last Week (Detroit)
AUTO THIEVES ARE CAPTURED NEAR YPSILANTI
SERVICES AT CHURCHES HELD SUNDAY
DR. CRIPPEN AND HIS STENOGRAPHER ARE TAKEN PRISONERS
FORMER YPSILANTI MAN WRITES OF NEW WESTERN COAST HOME
HIGH COST OF LIVING CAUSES LOW BIRTH RATE
L. T. I. HOLDS MEETING: Officers Elected and Pleasant Social Hour Follows the Session
DEMONSTRATION OF SUMMER WORK AT GYMNASIUM TODAY
PETITIONERS ASK THAT DITCH BE FINISHED SOON; Drain commissioner must Show Why Drain is Not Completed.
INJURED AT THE PARK; Eight-Year-old Girl Struck by Swing and Badly Hurt.
MACCABEE LADIES HOLD WARM SESSION
SAYS HE WASN'T "TOO INTIMATE" WITH NEIGHBOR'S WIFE AS REPORTED
I have to wonder about the high cost of living = low birth rate. Were people actually using their heads and not having kids they couldn't afford???? That would be refreshing, as opposed to the "he'll love it once it's here" and "love will find a way" crowd that seems to be around today. /rant
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the article doesn't say, but I wonder how they were preventing pregnancy?
Here's a summary of an interview with a woman describing the types of birth control available in 1910:
ReplyDelete"Despite major cultural, legal, and medical impediments the use of birth control, including abortion, by American women was widespread at the turn of the century. In their quest to control unwanted pregnancies, American women could be surprisingly resourceful in the methods they used. In this audio excerpt from a 1974 interview with historian Sherna Gluck, Miriam Allen deFord described methods of birth control in vogue in the 1910s, including spermicides, douches, the Dutch pessary (an early diaphragm), and the use of ergot pills to induce abortion."
Here's a link to the text (and audio) of the interview.
Thanx! And thank goodness for the Pill!! I'm not sure I'd like that Dutch pessary thing!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome...indeed, it doesn't sound too appealing.
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