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==Marriage to William Sanger== | ==Marriage to William Sanger== | ||
==Establishment of birth control clinics== | |||
==The Comstock laws== | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (full text with free registration) [http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/] | *The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (full text with free registration) [http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/] | ||
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Margaret Sanger (September 14, 1879- 1966) "almost single-handedly founded the birth control movement in America and was the driving force in the development of modern contraceptives."(reference for quote (Margaret Sanger," in American Decades. Gale Research, 1998 Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007). "Sanger has been praised as a brave advocate of sexual liberation and reproductive autonomy for women, and damned as a racist and eugenicist who advocated sterilization of the "unfit" and helped to create a culture in which millions of the "unborn" are murdered through contraception and inducted abortion." (reference for quote:Reed, James :The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Vol. 1, The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928 (review) Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 78, Number 1, Spring 2004, pp. 237-238)
Early life
Born Margaret Louisa Higgins in Corning, NY, she was one of 11 children.
Education
Training as a nurse
Marriage to William Sanger
Establishment of birth control clinics
The Comstock laws
External links
- The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (full text with free registration) [1]