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Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was a Lithuanian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. ... When Margaret Sanger, ...
Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman toured the country, speaking in support of the Sangers, and distributing copies of Sanger's pamphlet Family Limitation. [39] Sanger's exile and her husband's arrest propelled the birth control movement into the forefront of American news.
Many non-members addressed the group, including Helen Keller, Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, and Amy Lowell. [11] Heterodoxy meetings were valuable sources of information on the struggles for women's rights for its members. Although full of diverse lives and ideas, the women in the group were connected by their passion and desire to think ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 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. Other names Margaret Sanger Slee Occupation(s ...
Ninety-nine years ago today, on October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first family planning clinic in the United States. Sanger is credited with sparking the birth control movement, and ...
On the whole, though, the organization was subtler than Sanger in approach. It targeted much of its activities towards conservative and wealthy individuals. It eschewed membership of extremists, like Emma Goldman , and it particularly sought to spotlight the "scientific" aspects of birth control in an era when the topic sex education was ...
After Goldman and Berkman continued to advocate against conscription, Goldman's offices at Mother Earth were thoroughly searched by Department of Justice agents, and they seized volumes of files and detailed subscription lists from Mother Earth, along with Berkman's journal The Blast. A US Justice Department press release said:
27 Emma Goldman. 28 Alice Dunbar Nelson. 29 Dorothy Day. 30 Virginia Woolf. ... (1879–1966) Margaret Sanger was a women's activist in regard to birth control.