Jennifer Ritterhouse Shows How Black Southern Women Taught 1970s Feminists to Fight Involuntary Sterilization in Modern American History

From Grassroots to Ginsburg: How a Feminist Network Absorbed Lessons from Southern Black Women’s Experiences, Fought Involuntary Sterilization, and Won a Late-1970s “Magna Carta” for the ACLU by Jennifer Ritterhouse.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history/article/from-grassroots-to-ginsburg-how-a-feminist-network-absorbed-lessons-from-southern-black-womens-experiences-fought-involuntary-sterilization-and-won-a-late1970s-magna-carta-for-the-aclu/FD45825B9842ADBADC8B72EC23FBC533