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Margaret Sanger

Born

in Corning, New York, The United States

September 14, 1879

Died

September 06, 1966

Genre

Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction

Influences

Charles Knowlton, Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, Francis Place ...more

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Margaret Higgins Sanger Slee was an American birth control activist and the founder of the American Birth Control League (which eventually became Planned Parenthood). Although she initially met with opposition, Sanger gradually won some support for getting women access to contraception. In her drive to promote contraception and negative eugenics, Sanger remains a controversial figure.

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	The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger 3.85 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1938 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woman and the New Race 2.92 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1920 — 154 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pivot of Civilization 2.54 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1922 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Limitation 2.84 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1917 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Motherhood in Bondage by Margaret Sanger, Margaret Marsh (Foreword) 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My fight for birth control 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1931 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Every Girl Should Know 3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1969 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happiness in Marriage 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1940 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Selected Papers, Vol. 1: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928 (The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, #1) by Margaret Sanger, Esther Katz (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The case for birth control 2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger (3 books)
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Margaret Sanger,

Esther Katz (Editor),

Cathy Moran Hajo (Editor),

Peter C. Engelman (Editor)

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Quotes by Margaret Sanger (?)

“No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.”
― Margaret Sanger

tags: abortion, feminism, women

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“No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.”
― Margaret Sanger

tags: abortion, motherhood, women

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“No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.”
― Margaret Sanger

tags: feminism, human-rights, motherhood

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