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Margaret Sanger

1879 - 1966
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About Margaret Sanger

Source: Wikipedia

Margaret Sanger (née Higgins; September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the birth control movement. In the early 1900s, contraceptives, abortion, and birth control literature were illegal in much of the U.S.