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| image = Margaret Sanger and Charles V. Drysdale cph.3b18067.jpg
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| caption = Sanger standing with Charles Vickery Drysdale
| caption = Sanger standing with Charles Vickery Drysdale
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'''Margaret Sanger''' (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]], [[eugenics]] activist and [[racist]], who founded the [[American Birth Control League]], which eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]] She retired from the organization in 1940.
'''Margaret Sanger''' (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]], [[eugenics]] activist and [[racist]], who founded the [[American Birth Control League]], which eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]] She retired from the organization in 1940.
Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She blamed large families for all of the ills of society,<ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=213391.xml MORALITY AND BIRTH CONTROL]</ref> and argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.<ref>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=232534.xml BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION?],</ref> She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.
Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She blamed large families for all of the ills of society,<ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=213391.xml MORALITY AND BIRTH CONTROL]</ref> and argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.<ref>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=232534.xml BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION?],</ref> She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.
As is common with [[Progressivism|progressives]], Sanger believed that [[big government]] must have a role.<ref name=biggovernment>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19641116&id=VL0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1088,175817 Founder pessimistic about birth control]</ref>
As is common with [[progressive]]s, Sanger believed that [[big government]] must have a role.<ref name=biggovernment>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19641116&id=VL0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NO0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1088,175817 Founder pessimistic about birth control]</ref>
==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==