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Margaret Sanger was an American activist and founder of the birth control movement. Born on September 14, 1879, and dying on September 6, 1966, Sanger is renowned for her advocacy of reproductive rights and family planning, which was revolutionary at the time.

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“No one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions.”

Care Taken Doubt Cures Abortion Conception Unnecessary Eugenics

Author:Margaret Sanger

“A woman’s duty: To look the whole world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes… to speak and act in defiance of convention.”

World Looks Whole Eye Faces Speak Hell Duty Whole World Conventions Defiance Go To Hell

Book:The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger

Source: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger

“Usually this desire [for family limitation] has been laid to economic pressure It has asserted itself among the rich and among the poor, among the intelligent and the unintelligent. It has been manifested in such horrors as infanticide, child abandonment and abortion.”

Children Has Beens Desire Poor Rich Economic Horror Pressure Intelligent Limitation Abortion Abandonment Unintelligent Infanticide

Book:Woman and the New Race

Source: Woman and the New Race

“Like begets like. We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees... . Abused soil brings forth stunted growths.”

Growth Perfect Tree Fruit Soil Begets

Author:Margaret Sanger

“Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.”

Facts Diplomacy Diplomats

Book:Woman and the New Race

Source: Woman and the New Race

“No despot ever flung forth his legions to die in foreign conquest, no privilege-ruled nation ever erupted across its borders, to lock in death embrace with another, but behind them loomed the driving power of a population too large for its boundaries and its natural resources.”

Science Death Dies Nations Natural Behinds Resources Embrace Privilege Population Driving Boundaries Borders Locks Conquest Natural Resources Legion Despots

Book:Woman and the New Race

Source: Woman and the New Race

About the Author

Born: September 14, 1879
Died: September 6, 1966
Known for: Activist
Quotes: 106

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Woman and the New RaceRelated source material

The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control ClassicRelated source material

The Autobiography of Margaret SangerRelated source material

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Happiness in MarriageRelated source material

Motherhood in BondageRelated source material

The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4: Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1966Related source material

The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Birth control comes of age, 1928-1939Related source material

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