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Spocked Or Spanked?
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We explore Dr. Benjamin Spock’s political activism: Was he a hip protester? Or an anti-establishment pariah?
Public domain archival audio courtesy of John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
References
- Bates, Richard. “Democratic Babies? Francoise Dolto, Benjamin Spock and the Ideology of Post-ware Parenting Advice.” Journal of Political Ideologies vol. 24, no. 2, 2019, pp. 201-219.
- Bloom, Lynn. Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1972.
- “IFP:135-F-142-5M Jacqueline Kennedy Talks to Dr. Spock.” John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. 13 Jul. 2010.
- Maier, Thomas. Dr. Spock: An American Life. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.
- Massie, Robert K. “‘Not the Dr. Spock!’” Saturday Evening Post, vol. 239, no. 10, May 1966, pp. 80–86.
- Needleman, Robert and Benjamin Spock. Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, 10th edition. Gallery Books, 2018.
- Potter, Bob. “Benjamin Spock Discusses Baby and Child Care.” 21 Sept. 1984. Minnesota Public Radio.
- Spock, Benjamin. “Active Pursuit of Peace 1968.” Benjamin Spock and Mary Morgan Papers, Box 481, Syracuse University.
- Spock, Benjamin. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1957.
- ---. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946.
- ---. “March on Washington 1965.” Benjamin Spock and Mary Morgan Papers, Box 399, Syracuse University.
- ---. “Manifesto 1968.” Benjamin Spock and Mary Morgan Papers, Box 399, Syracuse University.
- Spock, Benjamin, M.D. and Mary Morgan. Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up with the Century. Pantheon Books, 1985.
- “Spock Would End Candidacy if Rep. Chisholm Would Run.” The New York Times. 5 Dec. 1971.
- Thompson, Bill. “Benjamin Spock.” Now I’ve Heard Everything. 16 August 2021.
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