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Margaret Sanger
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American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)
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Margaret Louise Sanger was an American nurse, activist, trade unionist, and women's rights activist. Born in Corning on 14 September 1879, she worked in the fields of reform movements and birth control. She was a member of the Socialist Party of America and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Her notable works include *My fight for birth control*, *The people of the State of New York, respondent, against Margaret H. Sanger, defendant-appellant*, *Debate on birth control*, *Biological and medical aspects of contraception ...*, and *Magnetation methods of birth control*.
Sanger was the sister of Ethel Byrne and had five children. She was in an unmarried partnership with H. G. Wells. She died of heart failure in Tucson on 6 September 1966. Her remains are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery. Her archives are held at the International Institute of Social History. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 September 1879
- Died
- 6 September 1966
- Works
- 84
Top works
- My fight for birth control
- People of the State of New York ex rel. Margaret H. Sanger, Ethel Byrne and Fannie Mindell, relators-appellants, against warden or keeper of detention pen of the Court of Special Sessions, Kings County, or the warden or keeper of the County Jail of Kings County, or any other person in charge, custody or control of the bodies of Margaret H. Sanger, Ethel Byrne and Fannie Mindell, respondents
- The people of the State of New York, respondent, against Margaret H. Sanger, defendant-appellant
- Debate on birth control
- Biological and medical aspects of contraception ...
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Margaret
- Family name
- Sanger
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Corning
- Place of death
- Tucson
- Sibling
- Ethel Byrne
- Occupation
- educator
- Political party
- Socialist Party of America
- Field of work
- birth control
- Image
- Margaret Sanger visits Los Angeles.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- place of burial
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- Commons category
- Margaret Sanger
- date of birth
- 1879-09-14
- date of death
- 1966-09-06
- Commons gallery
- Margaret Sanger
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- archives at
- International Institute of Social History
- cause of death
- heart failure
- unmarried partner
- H. G. Wells
- birth name
- Margaret Louise Higgins
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Margaret Sanger
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Encyclopedic overview
Margaret Sanger (née Higgins; September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the U.S. birth control movement.
In the early 1900s, contraceptives, abortion, and birth control literature were illegal in much of the U.S. Working as a nurse in the slums of New York City, Sanger often treated mothers desperate to avoid conceiving additional children, many of whom had resorted to back-alley abortions. Sanger was a first-wave feminist and believed that women should be able to decide if and when to have children, leading her to campaign for the legalization of contraceptives. As an adherent of the eugenics movement, she argued that birth control would reduce the number of unfit people and improve the overall health of the human race. She was also influenced by Malthusian concerns about the detrimental effects of overpopulation.
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