Equitania; or, The Land of Equity

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TitleEquitania; or, The Land of Equity
Year for Search1914
AuthorsHenry, Dr. W[alter] O.(b. 1858)
Tertiary AuthorsHenry, Dr. W. O.
Date Published[1914]
PublisherPtd. by Klopp & Bartlett
Place PublishedOmaha, NB
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Detailed eutopia. Equitania was founded by groups of Buddhists from India, Christians from the U.S., Muslims from Turkey, and Jews from England. Democracy. Freedom of religion. Traditional sex roles, but there is sex education. All natural resources and utilities owned by the government. Men earn enough to be able to comfortably support a family. Includes a constitution. The eutopia includes a lot on appropriate gender relations, the reasons for and dangers of prostitution, venereal disease, etc., mostly from the male viewpoint, and much on medical care. 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971.
Info Notes

The back cover, which is not reproduced in the reprint edition, has a long list of principles that lead to democracy.
Holding Institutions

DLC, MoU-St, PSt, VUW
Author Note

The author (b. 1858) was Chair of Gynecology at the largest Nebraska medical school.
Full Text

[1914] Henry, Dr. W[alter] O. (b. 1858). Equitania; or, The Land of Equity. Omaha, NB: Ptd. by Klopp & Bartlett. Rpt. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. The back cover, which is not reproduced in the reprint edition, has a long list of principles that lead to democracy. DLC, MoU-St, PSt, VUW

Detailed eutopia. Equitania was founded by groups of Buddhists from India, Christians from the U.S., Muslims from Turkey, and Jews from England. Democracy. Freedom of religion. Traditional sex roles, but there is sex education. All natural resources and utilities owned by the government. Men earn enough to be able to comfortably support a family. Includes a constitution. The eutopia includes a lot on appropriate gender relations, the reasons for and dangers of prostitution, venereal disease, etc., mostly from the male viewpoint, and much on medical care. The author was Chair of Gynecology at the largest Nebraska medical school.