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- Born: September 14, 1879
- Death: September 6, 1966
- Birth Name: Margaret Higgins
- Arrested: approx. 8 times
- 1 of 11 siblings
- Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter(d. in childbirth)
- Believed that each woman be "the absolute mistress of her own body."
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Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, an advocate of negative eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League a.k.a Planned Parenthood and was instrumental in legalizing birth control. However, her racist ideology and advocacy for eugenics are two topics that have helped to ruin her reputation.
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Timeline
- October 16, 1916: Sanger opened a family planning and birth control clinic in Brooklyn, the first in the United States. It was raided nine days later by the police. She served 30 days in prison
- 1916: Sanger published What Every Girl Should Know.It provided information about such topics as menstruation and sexuality in adolescents.
- 1917: Sanger published What Every Mother Should Know. She also launched the monthly periodical The Birth Control Review and Birth Control News and contributed articles on health to the Socialist Party paper, The Call.
- 1921: Sanger founded the American Birth Control League
- 1923: Sanger established the Clinical Research Bureau, which was the first legal birth control clinic in the U.S and also formed the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control
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Margaret Sanger Timeline
- 1879 Birth
- 1902 Married William Sanger
- 1912 Sanger Moved to NYC
- 1914 Sanger Fled to Europe to Avoid Charges She Had Violated Postal Obscenity Laws
- 1915 Sanger Returned to the US
- 1916 Sanger Opened Her First Family Planning and Birth Control Clinic in Brooklyn
- 1921 Sanger Founded the American Birth Control League (ABCL), Which Later Became Planned Parenthood
- 1922 Sanger Married Oil Tycoon James Noah H. Slee
- 1923 Sanger Founded the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control
- 1928 Sanger Resigned as President of the ABCL
- 1937 The National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control Was Dissolved After Birth Control, When Prescribed by Doctor, Was Legalized in Many States
- 1952-1959 Sanger Served as President of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
- 1966 Death
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Woman must not accept; she must challenge. ~ Margaret Sanger~ http://bit.ly/8c3e6G
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@SaynaTheSpiffy Have you read many of the quotes and writings of Margaret Sanger? Racism, discrimination & eugenics.
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@pschlenker Ya, Margaret Sanger wrote some horrible stuff. Racism & discrimination. Eugenics. & this is the woman Hillary Clinton applauded.
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RT @DefendGlenn: Baltimore Council votes to increase abortions http://is.gd/53oOm Does this woman even know about Margaret Sanger? #tcot
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