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    1912 that a woman by the name of Margaret Sanger started her crusade to promote the right for women to use contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies. In this essay, I will discuss what inspired Margaret Sanger to stand up for birth control rights. I will also explore the trials and legal issues that Sanger came up against. Lastly, I will talk about the victory and the difference Sanger made for women in the twentieth century. Margaret Louise Higgins (Sanger was her married name) was born in

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    contraception provides women and men choices regarding family size and timing to bring a baby into the world. Often times, groups and individuals on both sides the debate feel like outsiders who champion their cause to help women 2. Two such outliers Margaret Sanger and Gregory Pincus came from humble families and have found success simply by time and effort. In the early 20th century, birth control were fragile issues around the world; in fact, for hundreds of years. Sex before marriage, was unacceptable

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    The road to equality has been long and winding for the American woman, due to the ingrained social standards (expectations and limitations) that have been inflicted upon women for centuries. Had it not been for women like Margaret Sanger and countless others, the modern American woman might still be in such a profound state of subservience and suppressed freedoms. Today there are outlets for women to take control in all spheres, where once that was deemed unacceptable. But, some of these outlets

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    women have the rights to control their lives as they wish. However, as close as the early 1900’s, women still did not have the basic right to control their fertility. Working as a nurse, Margaret Sanger believed that women should maintain the right to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancies. Margaret Sanger is The Woman Rebel who, despite overwhelming opposition, pioneered the way for modern family planning and, more importantly, the female sexual revolution. The subject of birth control

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    the cause and effect of decisions about to be made. Margaret Sanger was an advocate for women's rights, a nurse, a feminist, and most important she offered women information about contraceptives, something that was relatively hidden from many women in the early 1900's. Margaret Sanger may have single handily changed the fact that "women would achieve personal freedom by experiencing their sexuality free of consequence" (Margaret Sanger, 1). As a nurse she saw failed abortions,

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    Margaret Sanger was an influential figure during the turn of the twentieth century. She was born in 1879 to a typical American family. Her parents were Irish immigrants but despite their financial issues, Margaret went on to do amazing things for women. Margaret attended nursing school and graduated in 1896 (Witherbee, 2005). She hosted protests and stand in’s in an effort to help achieve justice for those who otherwise wouldn’t receive it. However, her main contributions to science surround her

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    Essay On Birth Control

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    century, a crusader for female reproductive rights, Margaret Sanger, began a movement to make birth control widely available so that women could limit the size of their families. She introduced the idea that birth control was vital to the well-being of women and their families. On the other hand, some people thought that it was an immoral affront to God. Birth control is important to the achievement of women's rights. With the help of Margaret Sanger and her leadership skills, birth control is used

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    as pre-marital sex, birth control, and abortion, and these controversies were part of what led Margaret Sanger to give her speech about the morality of birth control in the early 1920s. Sanger used many different techniques in her speech to make it stronger and more persuasive, and also to make a lasting impression with the people who heard or read her speech. The Life of Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger was born in 1879 into a rather large family. She was one of 18 children her mother gave birth to

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    Margaret Sanger was the founder of the birth control movement in America and was credited with originating the term “birth control. Sanger believed in the right to avoid unwanted pregnancies, and devoted herself to removing the legal barriers of contraception. d. Thesis Statement i. Leader and activist of the Birth Control Movement, Margaret Sanger, successfully encouraged Progressive activist women to fight for the control

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    Margaret Sanger, an active reproductive rights reformist and the mother of what we now know to be Planned Parenthood, grew up the sixth child of eleven in an Irish-American family in New York. Sanger witnessed her mother go through multiple miscarriages, leaving her concerned for her mother’s health. She later studied nursing at a variety of colleges. Sanger moved to New York City in the early twentieth century, taking her husband, William Sanger, and three children with her. Radical politics

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