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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966) Margaret Sanger Sanger with her sons Grant and Stuart, circa 1918 Born Margaret Louise Higgins (1879-09-14) September 14, 1879 Corning, New York, U.S. Died September 6, 1966 (1966-09-06) (aged 86) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Other names ...
In October 1916, Sanger opened a family planning and birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. Sanger was arrested twice while in operation for the illegal distribution of contraceptives and for being a public nuisance. Sanger was charged with 30 days in jail, where she began publishing the Birth Control Review (1917).
A few days after opening, an undercover policewoman purchased a cervical cap at the clinic, and Sanger was arrested. Refusing to walk, Sanger and a co-worker were dragged out of the clinic by police officers. [51] The clinic was shut down, and it was not until 1923 that another birth control clinic was opened in the United States. [52]
Sanger and her colleagues were arrested and spent 30 days in jail. MARGARET SANGER Following her freedom, Sanger continued relentlessly to advocate for women's rights and birth control.
Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was charged in 1915 for her work The Woman Rebel. Sanger circulated this work through the U.S. postal service, violating the Comstock Act. On appeal, her conviction was reversed on the grounds that contraceptive devices could legally be promoted for the cure and prevention of disease. [70]
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Margaret Sanger and her sister Ethel Byrne leaving a courthouse The two sisters and theatre artist Fania Mindell opened a birth control clinic in Brooklyn in October 1916. [ 7 ] The three feminist activists advertised the services offered by the clinic by passing out flyers in different languages, including English, Yiddish and Italian. [ 8 ]
A Polish woman who claimed to be missing Madeleine McCann was arrested upon landing in the UK. Julia Wandelt, who also goes by Julia Wendell and Julia Faustyna, was taken into custody upon ...