Margaret sanger

Inspiration for Activism! Worked as a visiting nurse in Henry Street Settlement. Fierce advocate for measures to improve the health of poor people. In 1912 she participated in labour action in tex…

Margaret Sanger

"Woman and the New Race" by Margaret Sanger

It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide. Margaret Sanger

Jane Addams (1860-1935) Any down-on-his-luck person who's been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. In grimy late 19th c...

Margaret Sanger in 1960s

Sanger saw a connection between overpopulation and poverty resulting from unwanted pregnancies, and believed that women should have a choice about when they should bear children. She thus coined the term "birth control". Check out Margaret's story, and other influential women in For Beginners' Gender and Sexuality and Women's History titles. http://www.forbeginnersbooks.com/

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Full text transcript of Margaret Sanger's The Morality of Birth Control speech, delivered at Park Theater in New York, N.Y. - November 18, 1921.

This unit--including free lesson plans, PowerPoints, worksheets, and more--explores perspectives on the central issues of the Progressive Era. What were the attitudes of progressive social reformers towards immigrants? Who was a stronger advocate for African Americans: WEB DuBois or Booker T Washington? Why did people, including women, oppose women's suffrage? Answer these questions and more with our Progressive Era unit!

While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization. - Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger's belief in eugenics stemmed from her interest in individual choice--an idea that brought birth control into the mainstream of American life.

Barbara Ortiz Howard and Susan Ades Stone are making headlines as they push to get a female on a U.S. banknote by 2020. They’ve created the non-profit Women on 20s and have chosen the 20 dollar bill as their target. Why the $20 bill you ask? They argue that the current face of the 20 […]

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Those with standing to challenge the pill's prescription status also gain from keeping it that way.

Planned Parenthood and the complexities of anti-racism.