Margaret Sanger was a pioneering feminist who advocated the right of women to control their bodies sexually and reproductively. She educated women about contraception and worked tirelessly for its legalization. Born Margaret Higgins on September 11,...

The pioneering work of Margaret Higgins Sanger (1884-1966), American crusader for scientific contraception, family planning, and population control, made her a world-renowned figure. Margaret Higgins was born on Sept. 14, 1884, in Corning, N.Y. Her...

Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in America, spearheaded the birth control movement, and founded both organizations that later merged to form the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "Maggie" Higgins was born in Corning, New...

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), born in Corning, New York on September 14, was an internationally renowned leader in the movement to secure reproductive rights for women. Founder of the first birth-control clinic in the United States and later, of...

1879-1966 American Nurse and Birth Control Advocate Margaret Sanger was an early champion in the struggle for women to gain control of their own reproductive systems. She opened the first birth control clinic in America, braved frequent arrest and...

Margaret Sanger Born September 14, 1879 (Corning, New York) Died September 6, 1966 (Tucson, Arizona) Advocate Outspoken in her defense of women's rights to control their reproductive lives, Margaret Sanger was a leading founder of the U.S....

Primarily through the efforts of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) in America and Marie Stopes (1880-1958) in England, deliberate family planning emerged as a social force in the early twentieth century. Until the second decade of the twentieth century,...

Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, an advocate of negative eugenics, and the founder of the American Birth Control League (which eventually became Planned Parenthood). Initially...

Donna Franklin has irresponsibly taken the words of my grandmother, Margaret Sanger, out of context to further the argument that the birth control movement was and is based on eugenics {"Beyond the Tuskegee Apology," op-ed, May 29}. Nothing could be further from the truth....

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Today is Tuesday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2007. There are 76 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 16, 1987, a 58 1/2-hour drama in Midland, Texas, ended happily as rescuers freed Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl trapped in an abandoned...

Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has always been known as a rare-breed Republican who favors abortion rights.As he seeks the GOP nomination in a party dominated by anti-abortion voters, the question is whether his stance that played so well in liberal New York City hurts his...

Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement

Rarely do people think completely through the possible consequences of a decision before acting upon it. Activist and reformer Margaret Sanger was among the exceptions. She knew the possible consequences of her decision in the early 1900s to inform women about contraceptives. Yet Sanger believed it was important to help women protect themselves so they can achieve greater personal freedom; she accepted whatever consequences came her way and changed society for the better as a result.