zcontents Acknowledgments xv Introduction xix Editorial Method xxv Abbreviations xxix Chronology xxxv Chapter 1: Pioneer Women and Organization Men 1 1. Sept. 11, 1939 / To Edith Birth Bass 4 2. Oct. 4, 1939 / To Edith How-Martyn 6 3. Oct. 9, 1939 / To Friends of The Nation 9 4. Nov. 5, 1939 / To Clarence James Gamble 11 5. Nov. 5, 1939 / To D. Kenneth Rose 15 6. Nov. 12, 1939 / To Albert D. Lasker 17 7. Nov. 23, 1939 / To Penelope B. Parker Huse 18 8. Nov. 26, 1939 / To Clarence James Gamble 20 9. Dec. 2, 1939 / From Clarence James Gamble 22 10. Dec. 10, 1939 / To Clarence James Gamble 25 11. Dec. 27, 1939 / To D. Kenneth Rose 28 12. ca. Nov. or Dec. 1939 / Tucson Speech on Population 31 13. ca. 1939 / Hitler and War 34 vii
viii contents 14. ca. Dec. 1939 or Jan. 1940 / To Cele Armstrong Damon 39 15. Feb. 12, 1940 / To Carrie Chapman Catt 44 16. Feb. 12, 1940 / To Robert E. Seibels 46 17. Feb. 27, 1940 / To the Editor of the Baltimore Evening Sun 49 18. ca. April 15, 1940 / To Clarence James Gamble 52 19. July 18, 1940 / To Clinton F. Chance 53 20. Sept. 20, 1940 / Journal Entry 57 21. Nov. 6, 1940 / To Mary Reinhardt Lasker 58 22. Nov. 27, 1940 / To John Adams and Mabel Glass Kingsbury 60 23. ca. Nov. 1940 / To Henry Steele Commager 64 24. Dec. 26, 1940 / To Florence Rose 69 Chapter 2: A Little Light Still Burns 71 25. Jan. 1, 1941 / Journal Entry 72 26. Jan. 3, 1941 / To Nellie Virginia Hanson 75 27. Jan. 16, 1941 / To Rabbi Sidney Goldstein 76 28. April 17, 1941 / To Cordell Hull 79 29. April 23, 1941 / Journal Entry 80 30. May 5, 1941 / To J. Noah Slee 82 31. June 8, 1941 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 84 32. July 5, 1941 / Journal Entry 88 33. July 22, 1941 / From Client 89 34. July 24, 1941 / To Client 91 35. Sept. 14, 1941 / To Mary Reinhardt Lasker 92 36. Sept. 22, 1941 / Journal Entry 95 37. Oct. 14, 1941 / To H. G. Wells 96 38. Nov. 10, 1941 / From William Allen White 98 39. Nov. 18, 1941 / To Hilda Kahlert Cornish 99 40. Nov. 24, 1941 / To Bernard Oliver 103 41. Dec. 7, 1941 / Journal Entry 105 42. Dec. 11, 1941 / To Dorothy Lerner Gordon 107
contents ix Chapter 3: Birth Control and War 110 43. Feb. 3, 1942 / Dream Journal 114 44. Feb. 20, 1942 / To Robert Latou Dickinson 114 45. Mar. 7, 1942 / To Mary Worley Compton 116 46. ca. Mar. 12 18, 1942 / To Florence Rose 118 47. Mar. 27, 1942 / From Mary Worley Compton 119 48. May 25, 1942 / Is This the Time to Have a Child? 124 49. June 1, 1942 / Journal Entry 129 50. June 10, 1942 / To Mary McLeod Bethune 130 51. June 17, 1942 / The Women s Auxiliary Army Corps 132 52. June 19, 1942 / To Franklin Delano Roosevelt 134 53. July 9, 1942 / To Albert D. Lasker 136 54. Aug. 16, 1942 / To Oswald Garrison Villard 138 55. Nov. 8, 1942 / To Dorothy Lerner Gordon 140 56. Nov. 24, 1942 / To Florence Rose 141 57. Dec. 11, 1942 / To D. Kenneth Rose 143 58. Feb. 8, 1943 / To Clarence James Gamble 144 59. Mar. 6, 1943 / From Client 147 60. June 24, 1943 / To Elizabeth Slee Willis 148 61. Jan. 5, 1944 / Dream Journal 152 62. Jan. 31, 1944 / Journal Entry 152 63. Feb. 9, 1944 / To H. G. Wells 154 64. Feb. 20, 1944 / Journal Entry 155 65. Apr. 8, 1944 / To Florence Rose 158 66. May 3, 1944 / Tomorrow s Children 160 67. May 10, 1944 / To Stuart Sanger 169 68. July 22, 1944 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 171 69. July 25, 1944 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 173 70. Aug. 5, 1944 / From Helen Keller 174 71. Aug. 24, 1944 / To Helen Keller 176 72. Sept. 18, 1944 / From Helen Keller 178 73. Sept. 19, 1944 / To Morris Ernst 181 74. Sept. 22, 1944 / From Morris Ernst 183 75. Oct. 23, 1944 / To Mary Reinhardt Lasker 184
x contents 76. Nov. 8, 1944 / Journal Entry 186 77. Nov. 20, 1944 / To Florence Rose 186 78. Dec. 22, 1944 / Journal Entry 189 79. Jan. 4, 1945 / To D. Kenneth Rose 191 80. Apr. 3, 1945 / To Pearl S. Buck 193 81. Apr. 18, 1945 / Journal Entry 194 82. May 9, 1945 / To Ocean D. Carey 195 83. Aug. 3, 1945 / From Grant Sanger 197 84. Sept. 28, 1945 / To Angus Snead Macdonald 199 85. Nov. 11, 1945 / To Hugh de Selincourt 200 86. Nov. 12, 1945 / To Angus Snead Macdonald 206 87. Dec. 25, 1945 / Journal Entry 206 Chapter 4: Picking up the Pieces 209 88. Mar. 28, 1946 / To J. Gordon Flannery 211 89. Mar. 29, 1946 / To Clarence James Gamble 213 90. May 28, 1946 / To Robert Latou Dickinson 214 91. June 10, 1946 / To Florence Rose 216 92. Aug. 5, 1946 / To H. G. Wells 218 93. Aug. 15, 1946 / To Florence Rose 219 94. Aug. 21, 1946 / To Mary Reinhardt Lasker 221 95. Nov. 15, 1946 / From Juliet Barrett Rublee 222 96. Nov. 18, 1946 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 226 97. Jan. 12, 1947 / To Margaret Valiant 227 98. Feb. 15, 1947 / To Ada Pierce McCormick 229 99. May 19, 1947 / From Ansel Adams 231 100. Nov. 18, 1947 / To Rev. Cornelius D. Trowbridge 232 101. June 17, 1948 / To Hobson Pittman 234 102. Aug. 10, 1948 / To Florence Rose 236 103. Oct. 8, 1948 / To Abraham Stone 237 104. Jan. 1949 / To J. J. Nevins 238 105. Feb. 9, 1949 / To the Pittsburgh Courier 242 106. Apr. 19, 1949 / To Frank Lloyd Wright 243 107. June 14, 1949 / To Loraine Leeson Campbell 244 108. July 2, 1949 / To Leighton Rollins 245
contents xi 109. ca. July 1949 / To John Adams and Mabel Glass Kingsbury 247 110. Aug. 5, 1949 / To Cele Damon Wright 249 111. Sept. 1949 / To Angus Snead Macdonald 251 112. Jan. 3, 1950 / To John Adams and Mabel Glass Kingsbury 252 113. Feb. 4, 1950 / To Charles Edwin Scribner 253 114. Mar. 2, 1950 / To Roslyn Campbell Weir 255 115. Mar. 17, 1950 / To Abraham Stone 260 116. Aug. 17, 1950 / To Abraham Stone 262 117. Oct. 27, 1950 / To Katharine Dexter McCormick 265 Chapter 5: Looking Forward, Looking Back 270 118. Nov. 21, 1950 / To Genevieve R. Hirsch 273 119. Jan. 30, 1951 / To the Editor of the Arizona Star 274 120. Mar. 27, 1951 / From Katharine Hepburn 276 121. Apr. 12, 1951 / To David Loth 278 122. June 25, 1951 / To Hobson Pittman 281 123. June 28, 1951 / From Client 283 124. Sept. 18, 1951 / To Angus Snead Macdonald 284 125. Oct. 16, 1951 / To O. Edmund Clubb 285 126. Dec. 3, 1951 / To Anne Kennedy 287 127. Dec. 20, 1951 / To Theodore Nanckivell White 288 128. Jan. 14, 1952 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 290 129. Jan. 22, 1952 / To Ethel Higgins Byrne 292 130. Jan. 24, 1952 / To Abraham Stone 294 131. Feb. 25, 1952 / To Judith Davidson Chafee 297 132. Mar. 14, 1952 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 299 133. Mar. 21, 1952 / To Cele Damon Wright 302 134. Mar. 1952 / To Abraham Stone 303 135. May 12, 1952 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 304 136. June 18, 1952 / To Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury 305 137. July 9, 1952 / To Clarence James Gamble 308 138. July 16, 1952 / To Dorothy Buffum Chandler 311 139. Sept. 22, 1952 / To Angus Snead Macdonald 312 140. Oct. 29, 1952 / To Florence Rose 314 141. Dec. 1, 1952 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 315
xii contents 142. Jan. 26, 1953 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 317 143. Feb. 6, 1953 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 321 144. Feb. 27, 1953 / To Friends of Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts 324 145. Mar. 30, 1953 / To Leighton Rollins 326 146. Mar. 31, 1953 / To Edward Steele 327 147. Apr. 2, 1953 / To Abraham Stone 329 148. July 5, 1953 / To Lawrence Lader 332 149. Oct. 10, 1953 / To Lawrence Lader 333 150. Oct. 12, 1953 / To the Pima County Women s Republican Club 337 151. Oct. 15, 1953 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 338 152. Oct. 26, 1953 / To Edna Ferber 341 Chapter 6: A New Era for Birth Control 344 153. Nov. 13, 1953 / From Katharine Dexter McCormick 346 154. Nov. 23, 1953 / To Clarence James Gamble 350 155. Jan. 1954 / To Olive Byrne Richard 352 156. Feb. 2, 1954 / To Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury 353 157. Feb. 17, 1954 / To Frances De Lorenzo 360 158. Feb. 18, 1954 / To Marion Crary Ingersoll 362 159. Mar. 15, 1954 / To Marion Crary Ingersoll 364 160. Mar. 18, 1954 / To Gregory Goodwin Pincus 366 161. Mar. 26, 1954 / To Katharine Dexter McCormick 368 162. Mar. 29, 1954 / To Gregory Goodwin Pincus 372 163. Aug. 10, 1954 / To Abraham Stone 374 164. Nov. 1, 1954 / To Françoise Cyon Lafitte 376 165. Dec. 2, 1954 / To Katharine Dexter McCormick 377 166. Feb. 4, 1955 / To Katharine Dexter McCormick 380 167. Feb. 9, 1955 / To John Adams Kingsbury 384 168. Feb. 13, 1955 / To Juliet Barrett Rublee 386 169. Mar. 16, 1955 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 387 170. Mar. 22, 1955 / To Rabbi Albert S. Goldstein 391 171. Apr. 19, 1955 / To Lawrence Lader 393 172. Dec. 24, 1955 / To John and Martha Starr 396
contents xiii 173. Mar. 17, 1956 / To Margaret and Nancy Sanger 397 174. July 28, 1956 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 398 175. Aug. 20, 1956 / To D. Kenneth Rose 402 176. Dec. 12, 1956 / To Katharine Dexter McCormick 404 177. Dec. 30, 1956 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 407 178. Feb. 17, 1957 / To Upton Sinclair 408 179. July 18, 1957 / To Gregory Goodwin Pincus 409 180. July 22, 1957 / From Gregory Goodwin Pincus 412 181. Aug. 16, 1957 / To Anne Kennedy 413 Chapter 7: The Spirit Is Willing 416 182. Sept. 5, 1957 / Telephone Conversation with Mike Wallace 419 183. Sept. 6, 1957 / Telephone Conversation with Leonard Zweig 421 184. Sept. 21, 1957 / Mike Wallace Interview 423 185. Sept. 21, 1957 / From D. Savoie 438 186. Sept. 22, 1957 / From Client 439 187. Oct. 9, 1957 / To Ellen Jensen Watumull 440 188. Dec. 19, 1957 / To Mike Wallace 441 189. Jan. 14, 1958 / To William Vogt 442 190. Aug. 15, 1958 / To William R. Mathews 445 191. Dec. 18, 1958 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 446 192. Dec. 30, 1958 / To Florence Rose 448 193. June 12, 1959 / To Dorothy Hamilton Brush 450 194. July 22, 1959 / To Marion Crary Ingersoll 452 195. Oct. 30, 1959 / To Michael Minor 454 196. Dec. 4, 1959 / To Clarence James Gamble 455 197. Dec. 16, 1959 / To Frank P. Bohn 456 198. Jan. 2, 1960 / From Katharine Dexter McCormick 458 199. Jan. 11, 1960 / To John F. Kennedy 460 200. Feb. 22, 1960 / To Alan F. Guttmacher 461 201. Mar. 14, 1960 / To Hugh Moore 463 202. May 24, 1960 / To Anne Kennedy 464 203. July 18, 1960 / From Barbara Benoit 466
xiv contents 204. July 18, 1960 / From Kathleen Dee O Finerty 467 205. Nov. 9, 1960 / From Leo P. Cotter 467 206. Nov. 10, 1960 / From Anonymous 469 207. Mar. 4, 1961 / From Aldous Huxley 470 208. May 15, 1961 / From Robert A. Parker 470 209. Nov. 18, 1961 / To Harold L. Oram 472 210. Nov. 25, 1961 / To John D. Rockefeller, III 474 211. Feb. 5, 1962 / Dorothy Hamilton Brush to George and Barbara Cadbury 476 212. Mar. 30, 1962 / To Grant Sanger 479 213. Aug. 18, 1962 / To Margaret Sanger Marston 480 214. Feb. 8, 1963 / Stuart Sanger to Dorothy Hamilton Brush 481 215. July 21, 1963 / To Leighton Rollins 484 216. Oct. 30, 1964 / Interview with John Riddick 485 217. ca. 1966 / Dorothy Brush Reminiscence 489 Epilogue 491 218. Sept. 7, 1966 / Remarks of Ernest Gruening to U.S. Senate 493 219. Sept. 11, 1966 / New York Times Editorial 497 220. Sept. 13, 1966 / From Katharine Hepburn to Grant Sanger 498 221. 1961? / To Clarence William Lieb 498 Bibliography 501 Index 507 Illustrations follow pages 70 and 208.