Margaret Sanger by Mauricio Mendoza Flores

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mm0167 — 2015-11-30 22:08:53 UTC

Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She was born September,14,1879. I think she was successful at what she was trying to do which was to educate people about sex and helping women with birth control

Problem Being Addressed

mm0167 — 2015-11-30 22:43:19 UTC

Margaret Sanger did not like the idea of women not having a say in birth control and pregnancy. She thought that if women did not want to give birth they should have the choice of saying no because births in the early 1900's were more painful and risky. Margaret Sanger said "No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother." She wrote an article in the newspaper talking about women's rights to choose whether she wants to give birth or not. She got hate from her views and was bound to go to jail but she fled to England where she continued women's rights movements.

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mm0167 — 2015-11-30 22:49:56 UTC

She was a rebel and had different thoughts on the topic which was not accepted by everybody publicly.

Connection To Today

mm0167 — 2015-11-30 22:55:55 UTC

Her views and thoughts on sex education and birth control are used today. Woman today can choose whether they want to give birth or not and there are pills and medication that can be used to do this. Sex education is also taught more today to woman talking about the responsibilities of having a child and that it is their decision whether they want to give birth while pregnant. The article "Birth Control" by Medline Plus talks about birth control today and how different factors affect whether a person should use birth control or not and if birth control is the correct method to use.