Sex instruction booklets, 1943-circa 1970.

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Sex instruction booklets, 1943-circa 1970.

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Sex education, family life education, and child development pamphlets, broadsides, comics, and brochures designed for teenagers, pre-teens, and parents; issued by the American Social Hygiene Association, the American Social Health Association, F. E. Compton & Co., the Minnesota Dept. of Health, and others. Topics also include prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases, heterosexual dating, and marriage.

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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American Social Health Association

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At the beginning of the twentieth century venereal disease was a prevalent concern for social health organizations. Diseases such a syphilis and gonorrhea affected many people and the social stigma attached to sexually transmitted disease prevented most people from discussing or addressing means of treatment for venereal disease. In 1913, at a conference in Buffalo, New York, several organizations dedicated to fighting prostitution and venereal disease joined together to form the Am...

American Social Hygiene Association.

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