Thousands of academics are gathering in Vancouver for the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences from June 1-7. They will present papers on everything from child marriage in Canada to why dodgeball is problematic. In its Oh, The Humanities! series, the National Post showcases some of the most interesting research.
The bureau was the brainchild of the wealthy industrialist A.R. Kaufman of the Kaufman Rubber Company, maker of Sorel boots. He got the idea after his seasonal workers — whom he laid off every winter after the rush for boots dried up — complained they were nearly destitute. Inspired by other birth-control crusaders of the time, Kaufman decided their real problem was too many children.
Koester is giving a talk on the Eastview trial at the joint conference of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine and Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, part of the larger Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences taking place in Vancouver from June 1-7. The prosecutor called dozens of Eastview women whom Palmer had served to testify that she had, indeed, advertised contraceptives to them. But this strategy blew up in the Crown’s face because the facts were not actually in dispute, Koester explained. In fact, Palmer “told the cops to go ahead and arrest her, because the minute she got out of jail she’d go back to doing what she’d been doing.”
birth control is brilliant.. abortion not so.
Too bad some still avoid procreating responsibly