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In 1896, she was enrolled in Claverack College and Hudson River Institute by her parents.  Her tuition was initially paid for by two of her sisters.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vbQa8tnhr1EC&pg=PA12 Margaret Sanger]</ref>  As a young adult, Margaret attended nursing school at the White Plains Hospital in New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jfN1x3hrMBMC&pg=PA20 Margaret Sanger], Nancy Whitelaw</ref>

In 1896, she was enrolled in Claverack College and Hudson River Institute by her parents.  Her tuition was initially paid for by two of her sisters.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vbQa8tnhr1EC&pg=PA12 Margaret Sanger]</ref>  As a young adult, Margaret attended nursing school at the White Plains Hospital in New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jfN1x3hrMBMC&pg=PA20 Margaret Sanger], Nancy Whitelaw</ref>

During this time, in 1902, married William Sanger, who was an architect by trade.<ref name=weekly>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QWcUAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1075 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: MMWR, Volume 48, Issues 25-52]</ref>  Together, Margaret and William were active radicals in New York's [[Greenwich Village]] scene.<ref name=weekly /><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/peopleevents/e_village.html People & Events: Greenwich Village Intellectuals in the Early 20th Century]</ref>  Bill Sanger was active in the Socialist Party of the Bronx.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u7pgCFIcH2cC&pg=PA35 Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion]</ref>  They had three children together: Grant, Stuart, and Peggy.  In 1903, after the birth of their first son, Margaret was diagnosed with Tuberculosis, the disease that had killed her own mother.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dx1Kz-ezUjsC&pg=PA208 Encyclopedia of Birth Control]</ref>  The Sangers waited five years for Margaret to recover from the disease before having their second and third children.  Their daughter Peggy died young at the age of five from pneumonia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u7pgCFIcH2cC&pg=PA102 Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion]</ref>  Margaret became estranged from William in 1913.<ref name=publichealth>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4xv0scbWSAUC&pg=PA621 Public Health: The Development of a Discipline, Volume 1]</ref>  

During this time, in 1902, married William Sanger, who was an architect by trade.<ref name=weekly>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QWcUAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1075 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: MMWR, Volume 48, Issues 25-52]</ref>  Together, Margaret and William were active radicals in New York's [[Greenwich Village]] scene.<ref name=weekly /><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/peopleevents/e_village.html People & Events: Greenwich Village Intellectuals in the Early 20th Century]</ref>  Bill Sanger was active in the Socialist Party of the Bronx.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u7pgCFIcH2cC&pg=PA35 Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion]</ref>  They had three children together: Grant, Stuart, and Peggy.  In 1903, after the birth of their first son, Margaret was diagnosed with Tuberculosis, the disease that had killed her own mother.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dx1Kz-ezUjsC&pg=PA208 Encyclopedia of Birth Control]</ref>  The Sangers waited five years for Margaret to recover from the disease before having their second and third children.  Their daughter Peggy died young at the age of five from pneumonia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u7pgCFIcH2cC&pg=PA102 Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion]</ref>  Margaret became estranged from William in 1913.<ref name=publichealth>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4xv0scbWSAUC&pg=PA621 Public Health: The Development of a Discipline, Volume 1]</ref>  

William, who was a radical like Margaret, was arrested in a sting operation for dispersing one of her pamphlets, ''Family Limitation'',<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CojUQpSS6wC&pg=PA72 Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger]</ref> for which he spent 30 days in jail.  They divorced in 1921.

William, who was a radical like Margaret, was arrested in a sting operation for dispersing one of her pamphlets, ''Family Limitation'',<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CojUQpSS6wC&pg=PA72 Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger]</ref> for which he spent 30 days in jail.  They divorced in 1921.

====The pill====

====The pill====

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>

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>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/timeline/timeline2.html Timeline: The Pill], [[PBS]]</ref>

====International work====

====International work====

Sanger died in Tucson, Arizona on September 6, 1966,<ref name=obit /> of complications from congestive heart failure.<ref>[https://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/history/files/lavender/386/msanger.html Margaret Sanger 1879 - 1966], The founder of the birth-control movement in the United States</ref>  She was 86 years old.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0914.html Margaret Sanger Is Dead at 82; Led Campaign for Birth Control], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  She is buried in the prestigious Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tIXZvYmOBGIC&pg=PA79 The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries]</ref>

Sanger died in Tucson, Arizona on September 6, 1966,<ref name=obit /> of complications from congestive heart failure.<ref>[https://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/history/files/lavender/386/msanger.html Margaret Sanger 1879 - 1966], The founder of the birth-control movement in the United States</ref>  She was 86 years old.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0914.html Margaret Sanger Is Dead at 82; Led Campaign for Birth Control], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  She is buried in the prestigious Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tIXZvYmOBGIC&pg=PA79 The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries]</ref>

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[[Planned Parenthood]] annually gives awards to those who support them and the top award  they give is called ''The Margaret Sanger Award''.<ref>[http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/news/e-newsletter/AtTheFrontline-vol1no3/ne-AR-Sanger-Award.html Allan Rosenfield Receives the Reproductive Rights Movement's Highest Honor - Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Margaret Sanger Award]</ref><ref>[http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/ppfa-margaret-sanger-award-winners.htm PPFA Margaret Sanger Award Winners]</ref> [[Alan Guttmacher]], who was a President of Planned Parenthood from 1962 to 1974 and who was also former Vice-President of the American Eugenics Society,<ref>[http://catholicwriter.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/what-is-roe-v-wade/ What is Roe v. Wade?]</ref><ref>[http://www.eugenics-watch.com/ Eugenics Watch]</ref> stated: "We are merely walking down the path that Ms. Sanger has carved out for us." <ref>[http://www.nationallifechain.org/PP.pdf What the Facts Reveal About Planned Parenthood]</ref><ref name="lifesite.net">[http://www.lifesite.net/waronfamily/Population_Control/Inherentracism.pdf The Inherent Racism of Population Control By Paul Jalsevac]</ref> Similarly, Faye Wattleton, who was the president of Planned Parenthood until 1992, stated that she was "proud" to be "walking in the footsteps" of Margaret Sanger.<ref name="lifesite.net"/>  In 1960, Sanger was nominated for a [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show.php?id=15785 Nomination Database]</ref>

[[Planned Parenthood]] annually gives awards to those who support them and the top award  they give is called ''The Margaret Sanger Award''.<ref>[http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/news/e-newsletter/AtTheFrontline-vol1no3/ne-AR-Sanger-Award.html Allan Rosenfield Receives the Reproductive Rights Movement's Highest Honor - Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Margaret Sanger Award]</ref><ref>[https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/ppfa-margaret-sanger-award-winners.htm PPFA Margaret Sanger Award Winners]</ref> [[Alan Guttmacher]], who was a President of Planned Parenthood from 1962 to 1974 and who was also former Vice-President of the American Eugenics Society,<ref>[http://catholicwriter.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/what-is-roe-v-wade/ What is Roe v. Wade?]</ref><ref>[http://www.eugenics-watch.com/ Eugenics Watch]</ref> stated: "We are merely walking down the path that Ms. Sanger has carved out for us." <ref>[http://www.nationallifechain.org/PP.pdf What the Facts Reveal About Planned Parenthood]</ref><ref name="lifesite.net">[http://www.lifesite.net/waronfamily/Population_Control/Inherentracism.pdf The Inherent Racism of Population Control By Paul Jalsevac]</ref> Similarly, Faye Wattleton, who was the president of Planned Parenthood until 1992, stated that she was "proud" to be "walking in the footsteps" of Margaret Sanger.<ref name="lifesite.net"/>  In 1960, Sanger was nominated for a [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show.php?id=15785 Nomination Database]</ref>

Dr. William Moulton Marston developed the character [[Wonder Woman]] through his inspiration of Sanger.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/2015/07/10/421464118/the-man-behind-wonder-woman-was-inspired-by-both-suffragists-and-centerfolds The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds]</ref>

Dr. William Moulton Marston developed the character [[Wonder Woman]] through his inspiration of Sanger.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2015/07/10/421464118/the-man-behind-wonder-woman-was-inspired-by-both-suffragists-and-centerfolds The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds]</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>[https://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>[https://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 [[Josef Mengele|Dr. Mengle]]," in order to "put her in proper historical context with the infamous and evil figures who committed [[genocide]]."<ref>[https://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>[https://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>[https://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 [[Josef Mengele|Dr. Mengle]]," in order to "put her in proper historical context with the infamous and evil figures who committed [[genocide]]."<ref>[https://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>