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Of course allowing for full access was not easy (those pesky Comstock Laws!), but Sanger and her followers forged ahead.
Note: some anti-choice folks have been quick to unjustly denounce Sanger as a Eugenicist and racist. Planned Parenthood of New Jersey features an excellent fact sheet rebutting these accusations. Check it out to get the full and accurate story.

We need to channel our anger into a positive outlet, as Sanger did when faced with such emotions following her mother’s death; we can channel our feelings into advocacy, volunteer efforts, and telling the government why their policies are failing today’s women.

Источник: Never Give Up and Other Lessons We Can Learn from Margaret Sanger
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Sources:
1: Steinem, Gloria. “Margaret Sanger.” Time Magazine 100. April 13, 1998.
2: Centers for Disease Control. “Margaret Sanger.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. December 3, 1999 48(47): 1075.
3: “Biographical Sketch.” Margaret Sanger Papers Project. December 6, 2002.
Photo from Business Week
To learn more:
Chesler, Ellen. Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Sanger, Margaret. The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger. New York: Dover Publications, 2004.
Sanger, Margaret. “This I Believe.” First broadcast on Edward R. Murrow’s This I Believe in November 1953.


источник: Women’s History Month: Celebrate Margaret Sanger