American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption by Gabrielle Glaser
2021-01-21
During the Baby Boom in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay home and raise large families, but sex and childbirth were taboo subjects. Premarital sex was common, but birth control was hard to get and abortion was illegal. In 1961, sixteen-year-old Margaret Erle fell in love and became pregnant.Read More →