Evolutionary Rhetoric : Sex, Science, and Free Love in Nineteenth-Century Feminism

The Season Of Battle: The Rhetoric Of Free-love Feminism In Nineteenth-century America -- Evolutionary Theory: (r) Volutionary Rhetorics In The Free Love Movement -- Physiology: Rewriting The Body And Sexual Desire -- Bacteriology: Marriage As A Diseased Institution -- Embryology: Toward A Eugenic Warrant For Free-love Feminism -- Heredity: The Disappearing Reform Warrant -- Conclusion: Historiography And Feminist Uses Of Eugenics. Wendy Hayden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.