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    Margaret Sanger hero? Or has her enemies changed her true motives? Some say she was out to better the world, but some even would argue she was out to destroy a whole race, throughout Margaret Sanger’s childhood, her intentions only were to achieve a positive evolutionary uplifting, with aging did she lose this true goal in making the world better? Could it have been her true intentions to choose the targets she did for her desires of which she was planning to transform the world or was there more

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    the biography, “Margaret Louise Sanger” (2007), Margaret was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, New York. She was born to her parents, Anne Purcell and Michael Hennessey Higgins, who were Irish Catholic Immigrants. Shortly after the birth of her eleventh child, Anne Purcell died from tuberculosis; Margaret was nineteen (“The Pill” n.d.). While Margaret was the sixth of eleven children, she and her first husband, William Sanger, had three children together (“Margaret Louise Sanger” 2007). After

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    “one girl revolution”. Though Margaret Sanger's revolution may be even more controversial now than during her 50-year career of national and international battles, her opinions can teach us many lessons. Due to her strong influence in history, our society has increased health awareness for women, made sexual protection a choice for all people, and also introduced family modification as a choice for mankind. Having gone through the hardships that she did, Margaret Sanger developed her own theories and

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    An American sex educator, birth control activist, author, and nurse, that’s who Margaret Sanger was. Sanger “created” the expression "birth control", established the first birth control clinic in the United States, and set up associations that later developed into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. A fervent women's activist, human rights lobbyist, and supporter of sex-positivity, Sanger was additionally a eugenicist, trusting that anti-conception medication was at any rate as imperative

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    Sanger made huge changes in how the society viewed women at that time period. She was influential to women who felt like their life revolved around giving birth only. She also gave many women birth control options which allowed them the freedom of sexuality in everyday life. Sanger advocated and fought for women's rights throughout her life. Her determination and hard work gave women social

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    Introduction Women and the New Race was written by Margaret Sanger, a birth control advocate in 1920 to advocate for women freedom. During those time women in the US were taken like slaves and denied the right to vote, own property or acquire higher education among others. Sanger also supported the use of contraceptives to reduce overpopulation. She pointed that women should have freedom to control their body and choose when to become a mother; they should have freedom to control their own reproductive

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    Important facts are missing from our history books. Mainly women are missing from our history books. The focus will be on three specific women, Margaret Sanger, Wu Zetian, and Murasaki Shikibu were the three magnificent women that contributed to history. Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist. Born on September 14, 1879 Sanger was one of eleven children born (National Women’s History Museum). Other than the children born, Sanger’s mother had seven miscarriages (National Women’s History Museum)

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    Margaret Sanger, Also known for being a feminist and women's rights activist, and coined birth control to become legalised. Margaret started her mission to legalise birth control in 1916, she was know as a racist for the reason she wanted to have birth control was to “get rid of black babies”, but she had also believed in women's rights. In a 1921 article, she wrote that, “the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.” which

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    Margaret Sanger, a militant determined to push her cause and see her dreams fulfilled. I admire her for her will and determination to pass what she believed was right; fighting the people keeping her down. She believed in birth control and the idea women control their own bodies. Her target groups might have been considered "racist", but she pushed to help women. I believe in birth control and cutting out unwanted pregnancies. Women deserve to choose if they want to be a mother or not. Birth control

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    Informative Speech Topic: Margaret Sanger General Purpose: To inform of one of Times 100 people who changed the world Specific Purpose: To inform of the impact of Margaret Sanger Thesis: Margaret Sanger changed the world by rallying for the availability and use of contraceptives for all women. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: “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

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