Changes

[[Image:Sanger2.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Sanger and her two sons.]]

[[Image:Sanger2.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Sanger and her two sons.]]

'''Margaret Sanger''' (born: September 14, 1879; died: September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]] and [[eugenics]] activist who founded the [[American Birth Control League]]. She retired in 1940 and the organization eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.  She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.

'''Margaret Sanger''' (born: September 14, 1879; died: September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]] and [[eugenics]] activist who founded the [[American Birth Control League]]. She retired in 1940 and the organization eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions, though in reality she saw abortion as a method of limiting the growth of [[black community|racism]].  She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on abortion.

==Feminism==

==Feminism==

==Birth control activism==

==Birth control activism==

Margaret Sanger coined the term "[[birth control]]".  In October of 1916, Sanger opened and (illegally) operated the first birth control clinic in the United States, in [[Brooklyn]], New York.  It was raided by the police, and shut down.  Sanger was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for distributing [[contraceptives]], which were illegal at the time.

Margaret Sanger coined the secular term "[[birth control]]" (which in reality is simply a way of avoiding the more accurate 'abortion').  In October of 1916, Sanger opened and (illegally) operated the first abortion clinic in the United States, in [[Brooklyn]], New York.  It was raided by the police, and shut down.  Sanger was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for distributing [[contraceptives]], which were illegal at the time.

=== Margaret Sanger Award ===

=== Margaret Sanger Award ===