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In The Empty Cradle, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner delve into the origins of the many misconceptions surrounding infertility as they explore how medical and cultural beliefs emerged throughout its controversial history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources -- including intimate diaries and letters, patient records, memoirs, medical literature, and popular magazines -- The Empty Cradle investigates the social, cultural, scientific, and medical dimensions of infertility over the past three hundred years. [publisher's description]

Infertility --- United States --- History --- Childlessness --- Motherhood --- Infertility - United States - History. --- Childlessness - United States - History. --- Motherhood - United States - History. --- Maternity --- Mothers --- Parenthood --- Involuntary childlessness --- Sterility --- Sterility in humans --- Generative organs --- Fertility, Human --- Sterilization (Birth control) --- Family size --- Diseases