Margaret Sanger

Biography Margaret Sanger was born on September 14, 1879 She died on September 6, 1966 Margaret attended Claverack College and became a nurse Margaret invented birth control Margaret was a pioneer of legalized abortion and the founder of Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the U.S.

Cont. Margaret Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood, remains to be a hero to the abortion movement and a “liberator” to the prestige press Margaret Sanger founded the birth control movement at the turn of the 20th century Sanger outlined her beliefs in several books, and in her monthly magazine entitled Birth Control Review

Interests/Works/Accomplishments Margaret Sanger wrote books on birth control like: What Every Girl Should Know What Every Mother Should Know Woman and the New Race Happiness In Marriage Her autobiography: Autobiography by Margaret Sanger My Fight for Birth Control

Cont. And Family Limitation She also had an award named after her: Margaret Sanger Award What people don’t know is that Sanger devoted the entire April 1933 issue of Birth Control Review to eugenics, which is is the belief and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population

Cont. In her book, Pivot of Civilization, she described her objectives, "More children from the fit, less from the unfit--that is the chief aim of birth control." The people Sanger considered unfit were "all non-Aryan people." She estimated that these people--the "dysgenic races"--comprised 70 percent of the American population. Sanger believed that this "great biological menace to the future of civilization . . . deserved to be treated like criminals." She proposed to "segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying." Successful implementation of her proposals, according to her, would result in "a race of thoroughbreds." Which is quite similar to Hitler’s ideas

Significant Quotes “Like the advocates of Birth Control, the eugenists, for instance, are seeking to assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit.” No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

Quiz 1. Whose idea was Sanger’s birth control project based off of? 2. What award is named after her? 3. What race did Sanger try to get rid of? 4. What college did Sanger attend? 5. When did Margaret found the birth control movement?

Answers 1. Hitler 2. Margaret Sanger Award 3. All non-aryan people 4. Claverack College 5. 20th Century

Citations Http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/abortion_eugenics/american-spectator_eugenics.html. The American Spectator, Aug. 1992. Web. 25 Oct. 2014. Kim SquiersGraduate. "Sanger, Margaret (Informational Paper)." Learning to Give. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2014.