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In 1925, she organized the ''Sixth International Neo-Malthusian and Birth-Control Conference'' together with the American Birth Control League.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LDHkBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA334 Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sKJBwf0Xp0AC&pg=PA301 The Correspondence of W. E. B. Du Bois: Selections, 1877-1934]</ref> In 1927, encouraged by [[George Bernard Shaw]] and [[H. G. Wells]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9SBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT106 The Feminist Revolution: A Story of the Three Most Inspiring and Empowering Women in American History: Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan]</ref> she organized the first [[World Population Conference]] in Geneva.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HLGy6_idacwC&pg=PA65 The State and the Stork: The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History]</ref>
In 1925, she organized the ''Sixth International Neo-Malthusian and Birth-Control Conference'' together with the American Birth Control League.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LDHkBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA334 Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sKJBwf0Xp0AC&pg=PA301 The Correspondence of W. E. B. Du Bois: Selections, 1877-1934]</ref> In 1927, encouraged by [[George Bernard Shaw]] and [[H. G. Wells]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9SBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT106 The Feminist Revolution: A Story of the Three Most Inspiring and Empowering Women in American History: Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan]</ref> she organized the first [[World Population Conference]] in Geneva.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HLGy6_idacwC&pg=PA65 The State and the Stork: The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History]</ref>
[[Image:Eugenic categories.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Sanger frequently wrote about morons, the feeble-minded, idiots, defectives, and others]]
===Eugenics and race===
===Eugenics and race===
Margaret Sanger campaigned for eugenic controls to enforce what she called "race hygiene" 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" 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>