Joan McCracken interview, 2002, October 28.

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Joan McCracken interview, 2002, October 28.

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McCracken describes her early career in nursing, her rising interest in women's health care, and her long time work with family planning at Planned Parenthood. She discusses the changes in understanding of women's bodies and health care needs as well as the history of abortion in Montana.

1 sound cassette : analog + 1 transcript.

University of Montana, Mansfield Library

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University of Montana, Mansfield Library

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Montana Feminist History Project.

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McCracken, Joan,

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Cunniff, Erin,

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Planned parenthood federation of America

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In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...