| The first welfare case: money, sex, marriage, and white supremacy in Selma, 1966: a reproductive justice analysis. | |
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PMID: 20857590 Owner: HMD Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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King v. Smith, the first welfare case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, overturned the Alabama substitute father law. Such laws directed or allowed welfare officials to use the sexual behavior and reproductive capacity of poor African American women to alienate this population from "cash-money"; to reassert political and bureaucratic control over the intimate relationships of African Americans, demonstrating that this population was unprepared for civil rights and full citizenship; and to shore up white supremacy in the civil rights era. The context for this case which originated in Selma, Alabama in 1966 illustrates that even if poor African American women had had access to contraception and legal abortion at that time, they would still have lacked reproductive autonomy and dignity as the state surveilled their sexual behavior and enforced laws making sex, itself, as well as reproduction, and the right to define their own intimate relationships and families, a race and class privilege. |
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Authors:
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Rickie Solinger |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of women's history Volume: 22 ISSN: 1042-7961 ISO Abbreviation: J Womens Hist Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-21 Completed Date: 2010-12-30 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100968143 Medline TA: J Womens Hist Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 13-38 Citation Subset: Q |
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African Americans*
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education,
ethnology,
history,
legislation & jurisprudence,
psychology Alabama / ethnology Contraceptive Agents* / history Family Relations / ethnology, legislation & jurisprudence History, 20th Century Humans Population Surveillance Public Assistance / economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence Race Relations / history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology Reproduction* Social Welfare* / economics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology Spouses / education, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology Supreme Court Decisions* / history United States / ethnology Women's Health / economics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence Women's Rights* / economics, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence |
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0/Contraceptive Agents |
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