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| − | During the 1950's, Sanger worked with Katharine McCormick to fund the research being conducted by Gregory Pincus to develop [[The pill]]. A few years later, Enovid was the first birth control formulation submitted for [[FDA]] approval.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/timeline/timeline2.html Timeline: The Pill], [[PBS]]</ref> | + | During the 1950s, Sanger worked with Katharine McCormick to fund the research being conducted by Gregory Pincus to develop [[The pill]]. A few years later, Enovid was the first birth control formulation submitted for [[FDA]] approval.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/timeline/timeline2.html Timeline: The Pill], [[PBS]]</ref> |
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| | E, PUBLIC NUISANCE, OR SOCIAL ENGINEER?], California State University</ref> Harold Hersey,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vNkTEWUQXIcC&pg=PA494 Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America]</ref> Lorenzo Portet,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh7aAAAAMAAJ&dq="lorenzo+portet" Margaret Sanger and the Origin of the Birth Control Movement, 1910-1930: The Concept of Women's Sexual Autonomy]</ref> Harold Child,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gAEdAAAAYAAJ&dq="harold+child" Havelock Ellis: a biography]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ttAUAQAAIAAJ&q=sanger+%22harold+child%22&dq=sanger+%22harold+child%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLtvvCwpfRAhXRfiYKHfXOBzU4ChDoAQgaMAA British Reform Writers, 1832-1914, Volume 190]</ref> Hugh de Selincourt,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-aGHDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT64 The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4: Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1966]</ref> and Angus Macdonald.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yngbAQAAMAAJ The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Birth control comes of age, 1928-1939], p. 229</ref> | | E, PUBLIC NUISANCE, OR SOCIAL ENGINEER?], California State University</ref> Harold Hersey,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vNkTEWUQXIcC&pg=PA494 Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America]</ref> Lorenzo Portet,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zh7aAAAAMAAJ&dq="lorenzo+portet" Margaret Sanger and the Origin of the Birth Control Movement, 1910-1930: The Concept of Women's Sexual Autonomy]</ref> Harold Child,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gAEdAAAAYAAJ&dq="harold+child" Havelock Ellis: a biography]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ttAUAQAAIAAJ&q=sanger+%22harold+child%22&dq=sanger+%22harold+child%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLtvvCwpfRAhXRfiYKHfXOBzU4ChDoAQgaMAA British Reform Writers, 1832-1914, Volume 190]</ref> Hugh de Selincourt,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-aGHDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT64 The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Volume 4: Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1966]</ref> and Angus Macdonald.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yngbAQAAMAAJ The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Birth control comes of age, 1928-1939], p. 229</ref> |
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| − | Her affair with [[Havelock Ellis]] probably had the most immediate devastating effect. Sanger first met Ellis in December of 1914, and just a few weeks later they were sending each other passionate letters.<ref name=edith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aNn_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 The Birth Control Movement and American Society: From Private Vice to Public Virtue]</ref> One letter read "I still love all that I have loved, and even if I loved another I should still love you". Ellis' wife Edith was on a speaking tour in America when Havelock mentioned Margaret to her in correspondence. Edith suffered both a physical and nervous breakdown and returned to England. | + | Her affair with [[Havelock Ellis]] probably had the most immediate devastating effect. Sanger first met Ellis in December 1914, and just a few weeks later they were sending each other passionate letters.<ref name=edith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aNn_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 The Birth Control Movement and American Society: From Private Vice to Public Virtue]</ref> One letter read "I still love all that I have loved, and even if I loved another I should still love you". Ellis' wife Edith was on a speaking tour in America when Havelock mentioned Margaret to her in correspondence. Edith suffered both a physical and nervous breakdown and returned to England. |
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| | She passed away the following year.<ref name=edith /> | | She passed away the following year.<ref name=edith /> |
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| | A request was sent to the [[Smithsonian Institution]] for a bust of Sanger currently on display in a "Struggle for Justice" exhibit. The bust was a gift of Cordelia Scaife May.<ref>[http://collections.si.edu/search/tag/tagDoc.htm?recordID=npg_NPG.72.70 NPG.72.70]</ref> The request, led by a group of black pastors, noted that Sanger has previously spoke in front of the KKK, as well as a long line of racist viewpoints.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/smithsonian-refuses-request-black-pastors-remove-bust-eugenicist-planned Smithsonian Refuses Request from Black Pastors to Remove Bust of Eugenicist Planned Parenthood Founder]</ref><ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/22/smithsonian-refuses-to-remove-margaret-sanger-statue-we-dont-care-she-was-a-eugenicist/ Smithsonian Refuses to Remove Margaret Sanger Statue: We Don’t Care She Was a Eugenicist], [[LifeNews.com]]</ref><ref>[http://time.com/4013069/planned-parenthood-margaret-sanger-national-portrait-gallery/ Conservatives Want Bust of Planned Parenthood Founder Removed From National Portrait Gallery], [[Time magazine]]</ref> One reason the Smithsonian refused the request was because of her role in Women's rights. The pastors noted that it would make more sense to place the bust in an exhibit together with "with busts of Pharaoh, Herod, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Goebbels, Pol Pot, and Dr. Mengle," in order to "put her in proper historical context with the infamous and evil figures who committed genocide."<ref>[http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2015/August/Smithsonian-Wont-Remove-Bust-of-Margaret-Sanger Smithsonian Won't Remove Bust of Margaret Sanger], [[Christian Broadcasting Network]]</ref> | | A request was sent to the [[Smithsonian Institution]] for a bust of Sanger currently on display in a "Struggle for Justice" exhibit. The bust was a gift of Cordelia Scaife May.<ref>[http://collections.si.edu/search/tag/tagDoc.htm?recordID=npg_NPG.72.70 NPG.72.70]</ref> The request, led by a group of black pastors, noted that Sanger has previously spoke in front of the KKK, as well as a long line of racist viewpoints.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/smithsonian-refuses-request-black-pastors-remove-bust-eugenicist-planned Smithsonian Refuses Request from Black Pastors to Remove Bust of Eugenicist Planned Parenthood Founder]</ref><ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/22/smithsonian-refuses-to-remove-margaret-sanger-statue-we-dont-care-she-was-a-eugenicist/ Smithsonian Refuses to Remove Margaret Sanger Statue: We Don’t Care She Was a Eugenicist], [[LifeNews.com]]</ref><ref>[http://time.com/4013069/planned-parenthood-margaret-sanger-national-portrait-gallery/ Conservatives Want Bust of Planned Parenthood Founder Removed From National Portrait Gallery], [[Time magazine]]</ref> One reason the Smithsonian refused the request was because of her role in Women's rights. The pastors noted that it would make more sense to place the bust in an exhibit together with "with busts of Pharaoh, Herod, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Goebbels, Pol Pot, and Dr. Mengle," in order to "put her in proper historical context with the infamous and evil figures who committed genocide."<ref>[http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2015/August/Smithsonian-Wont-Remove-Bust-of-Margaret-Sanger Smithsonian Won't Remove Bust of Margaret Sanger], [[Christian Broadcasting Network]]</ref> |
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| − | Overshadowed by her well known activism in the arena of birth control and the organization [[Planned Parenthood]], is Sanger's support for [[Euthanasia]]. During the 1950's, Sanger was a member of the advisory council for the Euthanasia Society of America.<ref>[http://liveactionnews.org/legacy-of-death-abortion-eugenics-euthanasia-groups-shared-board-members/ Legacy of death: Abortion, eugenics, euthanasia groups shared board members], [[Live Action]]</ref> | + | Overshadowed by her well known activism in the arena of birth control and the organization [[Planned Parenthood]], is Sanger's support for [[Euthanasia]]. During the 1950s, Sanger was a member of the advisory council for the Euthanasia Society of America.<ref>[http://liveactionnews.org/legacy-of-death-abortion-eugenics-euthanasia-groups-shared-board-members/ Legacy of death: Abortion, eugenics, euthanasia groups shared board members], [[Live Action]]</ref> |
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| | On April 20, 2016, [[United States Department of the Treasury|US Treasury]] secretary James Lew announced that [[Harriet Tubman]] would replace [[Andrew Jackson]] on the front of the $20 bill,<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/treasurys-lew-to-announce-hamilton-to-stay-on-10-bill-222204 Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared]</ref> for which Margaret Sanger was a contender.<ref>[http://www.womenon20s.org/margaret_sanger Women on 20's]</ref> | | On April 20, 2016, [[United States Department of the Treasury|US Treasury]] secretary James Lew announced that [[Harriet Tubman]] would replace [[Andrew Jackson]] on the front of the $20 bill,<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/treasurys-lew-to-announce-hamilton-to-stay-on-10-bill-222204 Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared]</ref> for which Margaret Sanger was a contender.<ref>[http://www.womenon20s.org/margaret_sanger Women on 20's]</ref> |