On frontispiece: "MY FIGHT FOR // BIRTH CONTROL // by // Margaret Sanger // FARRAR & RINEHART // INCORPORATED // On Murray Hill New York"; handwritten on flyleaf: "Dec 18. 1931 // To // Alec Corry // With My regards // Margaret Sanger"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
22.3 cm
Width
15.2 cm
Depth
3.6 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
like new except for fminor yellowing of paper and spine loose
Copy Type
original
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
Research Facts
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. Sanger popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Sanger used her writings and speeches primarily to promote her way of thinking. She was prosecuted for her book Family Limitation under the Comstock Act in 1914. She was afraid of what would happen, so she fled to Britain until she knew it was safe to return to the US. Sanger's efforts contributed to several judicial cases that helped legalize contraception in the United States. Due to her connection with Planned Parenthood, Sanger is a frequent target of criticism by opponents of abortion, although Planned Parenthood did not begin providing abortions until 1970, after Sanger had already died. Sanger, who has been criticized for supporting negative eugenics, remains an admired figure in the American reproductive rights movement