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Poster with a photograph of women and a child with a bright yellow background, red text above and below

Poster with two photographs on top and bottom, text captions below each

Poster with two photographs on top and bottom, text captions below each

Poster with two photographs on top and bottom, text captions below each

Poster featuring an image of a women wearing a long-sleeved red shirt is shown at a table, a pen in her right hand and poster with Chinese characters in her left. Behind her, others paste completed signs on a wall. Text below

Poster featuring an image of two parents, a young adult, and a child stand close together all smiling. A large red decoration is pinned to the jacket of the young adult. The child holds a spray of flowers and wears a red bandanna. A throng of people in the background wave red flags. Text below

Poster showing an image of smiling workers are shown, one holding a sheaf of grain and a hand scythe, another holding a wrench in one hand with his other arm stretched above his head, palm open. There is a field of wheat in the foreground and a factory and cranes in the background. Text below

Poster featuring an image of a barefoot doctor sitting at a table discusses family planning program with leaders of the production brigade in the commune. Text below

A poster with four vertical images of people working, studying, and taking care of their child; text on top and bottom

Poster with a plum-colored background features a smiling woman holding a booklet in one hand and a medicine or vitamin bottle in the other. Surrounding the woman are images of adults interacting with children including dancing, playing, and exercising

Poster featuring the image of a family at home

Poster with a main image of a rural family, blue sky behind them, red title below

Poster with the image of a happy family of two children; father is helping his daughter study while the mother holds the baby, red text below

Poster of red text on a light blue background, on the bottom edge is a landscape view of a factory and floral decorative border

Poster with a red title on top and an image of a mother holding up her child into the sky

Poster with red title on top and series of rectangular images on a light blue background

Poster with red title on top and series of rectangular images on a light orange background

Poster with blue title at the bottom and a main image of a woman and two men, a field in the background

Poster with red title on top and series of rectangular images on a light blue background

Poster with red title on bottom and main image showing a male farmer and a woman at a table with microscope and specimen

Poster featuring an image of a Russian lady wearing a fur coat with her child in a stroller. On the left are images of mothers feeding, bathing, and dressing their children. Text on top and next to the images

Poster of a Russian mother spoon feeding her child, text in the top right corner, and title below

Poster with main image on top and title in red below

Poster with a photograph of women and a child with a bright yellow background, red text above and below

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计划生育好 (It's good to have birth control), 1977

计划生育好 (It's good to have birth control), People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, 1977

This poster, featuring a quotation from Mao Zedong on family planning, shows a young female health worker, perhaps a barefoot doctor, teaching two peasant women about family planning.

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About the Collection

Poster with a photograph of women and a child with a bright yellow background, red text above and below

This collection of family planning posters from 1977 solidify the role of family planning in the building of a socialist Chinese society. Largely featuring women and occasionally quotations from Mao Zedong, these posters exemplify the politicization of family planning in 1970s China.