-
American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis Formed
Was formed to erase venereal diesease through medical treatment and education. -
Chicago 1st Major City to Implement Sex Education in Schools
This was short lived, the Catholic Church launched a campaign against it and the school superintendent, Ella Flagg Young was forced to resign. -
Congress Passed the Chamberlain-Kahn Act
It allocated money to educate WWII soldiers about syphilis and gonorrhea. -
White House Conference on Child Welfare
Stated that "the problem of [sex] instruction becomes more properly a task of the school" -
Sex Instruction Through English Literature Written
Teacher Lucy S. Curtiss, wrote this article encouraging teachers to draw on classical literature to explain sex to students. -
Schools begin to integrate sex education into the curriculum
-
U.S. Office of Education began to publish materials and to train teachers
-
White House Conference on Child Welfare
Statement issued that schools should provide instruction in "social hygiene, including sex; and in the preparation for potential parenthood" -
High Schools and Sex Education Published
Published by U.S. Public Health Service it covered methods, materials, planning, organization and integration of sexuality education. -
Nationwide Program for Family-Life Education Launched
Launched by AHSA -
5 Pamphlets Referred to as the Sex Education Series Published
Published by the Joint Committee on Health Problems in Educatin of the National Education Association and American Medical Association. -
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States was founded
By Mary Calderone, a physican who was the medical director for Planned Parenthood -
"Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex?" pamphlet published
It called sex education a communist indoctrination. -
NYU given grant to develop graduate programs for sex education
Given by the U.S. Office of Education. -
Wellness Reform Act
Conservatives added abstinence education provisions. -
Federal Goverment Funded Abstinence Education
Gave tens of millions of dollars for the first time to these abstinence programs.
