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Margaret Higgins Sanger (born Margaret Louise Higgins; September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966), also known as Margaret Sanger Slee, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse.
Jul 23, 2020 · Remove statues of Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood founder tied to eugenics and racism. How a woman who advocated for the selective breeding of her fellow citizens came to be memorialized...
Oct 14, 2016 · An advocate for women’s reproductive rights who was also a vocal eugenics enthusiast, Margaret Sanger leaves a complicated legacy — and one that conservatives have periodically leveraged into...
Aug 16, 2024 · Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field. Sanger founded the Birth Control League, the parent organization of the Birth Control Federation of America, later renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
In the early 20th century, at a time when matters surrounding family planning or women’s healthcare were not spoken in public, Margaret Sanger founded the birth control movement and became an outspoken and life-long advocate for women’s reproductive rights.
Mar 6, 2024 · Who Was Margaret Sanger? In 1910, activist and social reformer Margaret Sanger moved to Greenwich Village and started a publication promoting a woman's right to birth control (a term that she...
Planned Parenthood traces its roots back to a nurse named Margaret Sanger. Sanger grew up in an Irish family of 11 children in Corning, New York. Her mother, in fragile health from many pregnancies, including seven miscarriages, died at age 50 of tuberculosis.
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