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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966) Margaret Sanger Sanger in 1922 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. Occupation(s) Social reformer, sex educator ...
Woman of valor: Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement in America. New York: Simon Schuster. ISBN 0-671-60088-5. Engelman, Peter C. (2011). A History of the Birth Control Movement in America, ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-36509-6. Gordon, Linda (1976). Woman's Body, Woman's Right:A Social History of Birth Control in America. New York ...
Planned Parenthood's advocacy activities are executed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which is registered as a 501(c)(4) charity, and files financial information jointly with PPFA. [4] The committee was founded in 1996, by then-president Gloria Feldt, to maintain supportive health rights and supporting political candidates of the same ...
The New York Times wrote this summary overview: "Dana Delany stars in this made-for-TV movie as Margaret Sanger, a nurse who, in 1914, became a pioneering crusader for women's birth control (she opposed abortion) (she was pro abortion and pro eugenics particularly of black and brown people) after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by ...
The issue of teenage pregnancy troubled Wattleton and she began to work for women's reproductive rights. [11] She joined the board of the local Planned Parenthood and shortly after, in 1970, Wattleton became the president of the Planned Parenthood of Dayton. [13] The legal status of abortion was now on the political agenda.
The longtime activist joined Planned Parenthood in 2006 and led the nonprofit organization for 12 years. She left her post in 2018 and later founded a gender equity organization called Supermajority.
Gamble offered McKinnon $50 to set up a birth control clinic, which she successfully started, and formed a Planned Parenthood branch in Bali. [6] She was elected executive director of the Chicago Planned Parenthood chapter in 1947. [10] Under her leadership, she oversaw 10 Planned Parenthood clinics across Chicago. [11]
In 1953, Mary Calderone became the first female medical director of Planned Parenthood. During her tenure, the organization started advocating for reform in abortion laws. Under her leadership, Planned Parenthood organized a national conference of medical professionals on the subject in 1955, known as “Abortion in the United States.