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They're linked topics; she wanted eugenic controls to enforce racial purity. It's not going to be practical to split the description
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 then.
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 then.
== Eugenics ==
== Eugenics and racism==
Margaret Sanger campaigned for eugenic controls to enforce what she called "race hygiene" (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 Angry White Female: Margaret Sanger's Race of Thoroughbreds]</ref>
Margaret Sanger campaigned for eugenic controls to enforce what she called "race hygiene" (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 Angry White Female: Margaret Sanger's Race of Thoroughbreds]</ref>
Margaret Sanger associated herself with racists<ref>{{hnb|Peterson|2007}}</ref> and in 1926, she was the guest speaker Ku Klux Klan rally in Silverlake, New Jersey.<ref>{{hnb|Peterson|2007}} citing {{hnb|Douglas|1970|p=192}}</ref>
Margaret Sanger associated herself with racists<ref>{{hnb|Peterson|2007}}</ref> and in 1926, she was the guest speaker Ku Klux Klan rally in Silverlake, New Jersey.<ref>{{hnb|Peterson|2007}} citing {{hnb|Douglas|1970|p=192}}</ref>