| − | '''Margaret Sanger''' (born September 14, 1879 and died September 6, 1966) founded what became [[Planned Parenthood]]<ref>[http://www.hopeclinic.com/AbortionHistory.htm Abortion History]</ref> (then the ''American Birth Control League''). She coined the term "[[birth control]]", publically discoursed for [[eugenics]], the extermination of the African Race. In particular, she campained for eugenic controls to enforce what she called "race hygeine" (a plan to sterilize and marginalize American immigrant Slavs, Italians, Jews, and blacks), and was a member of the [[American Eugenics Society]] and the [[English Eugenics Society]].<ref>http://www.all.org/abac/contents.txt</ref><ref>http://www.lifeadvocate.org/1_98/feature.htm</ref><ref>http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0057.html</ref> | + | '''Margaret Sanger''' (born September 14, 1879 and died September 6, 1966) was an [[United States of America|American]] [[birth control]], [[eugenics]], and [[feminism|feminist]] activist. She coined the term "birth control" and founded the [[American Birth Control League]] (which was the foundation for modern-day [[Planned Parenthood]]). In particular, she campained for eugenic controls to enforce what she called "race hygeine" (a plan to sterilize and marginalize American immigrant Slavs, Italians, Jews, and blacks), and was a member of the [[American Eugenics Society]] and the [[English Eugenics Society]].<ref>http://www.all.org/abac/contents.txt</ref><ref>http://www.lifeadvocate.org/1_98/feature.htm</ref><ref>http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0057.html</ref> |