[[Image:Sanger2.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Sanger and her two sons.]]
[[Image:Sanger2.jpg|thumb|right|Margaret Sanger and her two sons.]]
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'''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.
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'''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 the [[racism|black community]]. She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on abortion.