Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, birth control pioneer. Providing information on contraception to women was considered scandalous or even illegal. Resources including biographies, writings, and other links.
Margaret Sanger
A biography of Margaret Sanger, the nurse who promoted birth control as a means by which a woman could exercise control over her life and health.
A biography of Margaret Sanger, the nurse who promoted birth control as a means by which a woman could exercise control over her life and health.
Margaret Sanger Quotes
Quotes by Margaret Sanger - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Margaret Sanger - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
"The Case for Birth Control"
On this site, the text of an article by Margaret Sanger, first published in 1924, on the justification for birth control and contraceptives.
On this site, the text of an article by Margaret Sanger, first published in 1924, on the justification for birth control and contraceptives.
First Birth Control Clinic in America
A 1916 photograph shows the first birth control clinic in America.
A 1916 photograph shows the first birth control clinic in America.
Funding a Feminist
Story of Katharine Dexter McCormick, MIT Class of 1904, who was an active woman suffragist and friend of Margaret Sanger. Her philanthropy helped fund development of the birth control pill.
Story of Katharine Dexter McCormick, MIT Class of 1904, who was an active woman suffragist and friend of Margaret Sanger. Her philanthropy helped fund development of the birth control pill.
Margaret Sanger
A brief profile of Margaret Sanger, with a large black-and-white photograph.
A brief profile of Margaret Sanger, with a large black-and-white photograph.
Writings by Margaret Sanger
An exhaustive list of primary source materials by Margaret Sanger: autobiographies, writings on birth control, conference proceedings she edited, the Woman Rebel, articles in the Birth Control Review and pamphlets.
An exhaustive list of primary source materials by Margaret Sanger: autobiographies, writings on birth control, conference proceedings she edited, the Woman Rebel, articles in the Birth Control Review and pamphlets.