Stephanie Gorton | The Icon and the Idealist

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm UTC-07:00

The King's English Bookshop | Salt Lake City

The King's English Bookshop
Publisher/HostThe King's English Bookshop
Stephanie Gorton | The Icon and the Idealist
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Journalist and writer Stephanie Gorton comes to the King's English Bookshop to discuss and sign her new book: The Icon and the Idealist
About this Event

Journalist and writer Stephanie Gorton comes to the King's English Bookshop to discuss and sign her new book: The Icon and the Idealist.


This event is free and open to the public but registration is required.


Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event. You may also pre-order your signed copy of The Icon and the Idealist to pick up at the event by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. If you cannot make this event, signed copies of The Icon and the Idealist may be ordered from our website. Please specify in the comments if you would like your copy personalized. Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy from The King's English.


About the book

In the 1910s, as the birth control movement was born, two leaders emerged: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett. While Sanger would go on to found Planned Parenthood, Dennett’s name has largely faded from public knowledge. Each held a radically different vision for what reproductive autonomy and birth control access should look like in America.

Few are aware of the fierce personal and political rivalry that played out between Sanger and Dennett over decades—a battle that had a profound impact on the lives of American women. Meticulously researched and vividly drawn, The Icon and the Idealist reveals how and why these two women came to activism, the origins of the clash between them, and the ways in which their missteps and breakthroughs have reverberated across American society for generations.

With deep archival scope and rigorous execution, Stephanie Gorton weaves together a personal narrative of two fascinating women and the political history of a country rocked by changing social norms, the Depression, and a fervor for eugenics. Refusing to shy away from the enmeshed struggles of race, class, and gender, Gorton has made a sweeping examination of every force that has come in the way of women’s reproductive freedom.

Brimming with insight and compelling portraits of women’s struggles throughout the twentieth century, The Icon and the Idealist is a comprehensive history of a radical cultural movement.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The King's English Bookshop, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, United States

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