Margaret Sanger (/ ˈsæŋər /; 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 collaborated in the development of the first birth control pill.

2025年2月10日 · Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field. Sanger founded the Birth Control League, the parent organization of the Birth Control Federation of America, later renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

In the early 20th century, at a time when matters surrounding family planning or women’s healthcare were not spoken in public, Margaret Sanger founded the birth control movement and became an outspoken and life-long advocate for women’s reproductive rights.

2016年10月14日 · An advocate for women’s reproductive rights who was also a vocal eugenics enthusiast, Margaret Sanger leaves a complicated legacy — and one that conservatives have periodically leveraged into...

2017年11月27日 · Named after Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), the founder of the Birth Control League (the future Planned Parenthood), the square honors an improbable feminist icon who championed a coercive brand of...

2024年3月6日 · Margaret Sanger was an early feminist and women's rights activist who coined the term "birth control" and worked towards its legalization.

Starting in the 1910s, Sanger actively challenged federal and state Comstock laws to bring birth control information and contraceptive devices to women. Her fervent ambition was to find the...

2016年10月13日 · Margaret Higgins Sanger advocated for birth control in the United States and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The pioneering work of Margaret Sanger, an American crusader for scientific contraception (birth control), family planning, and population control, made her a world-renowned figure.

Margaret Sanger changed the world for millions of women by ensuring them reproductive freedom. While the Planned Parenthood Federation still is a controversial issue today, Sanger dedicated her life to what she believed was right.