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In 1917, Sanger established the magazine [[Birth Control Review]].  In 1921, she founded the organization for which she would become most widely known - the American Birth Control League (ABCL).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ru3qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA233 Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia]</ref>  Two years later, she founded the Clinical Research Bureau (CRB).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PY6YAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 Broadcasting Birth Control: Mass Media and Family Planning]</ref>  In 1929, as a result of differences between other leaders of the birth control movement, Sanger resigned her leadership position within the ABCL and assumed full control of the CRB.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mNeGQRBgd_MC&pg=PA75 The Progressive Era's Health Reform Movement: A Historical Dictionary]</ref>  At the same time, the CRB was renamed to the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB).
 
In 1917, Sanger established the magazine [[Birth Control Review]].  In 1921, she founded the organization for which she would become most widely known - the American Birth Control League (ABCL).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ru3qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA233 Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia]</ref>  Two years later, she founded the Clinical Research Bureau (CRB).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PY6YAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 Broadcasting Birth Control: Mass Media and Family Planning]</ref>  In 1929, as a result of differences between other leaders of the birth control movement, Sanger resigned her leadership position within the ABCL and assumed full control of the CRB.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mNeGQRBgd_MC&pg=PA75 The Progressive Era's Health Reform Movement: A Historical Dictionary]</ref>  At the same time, the CRB was renamed to the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB).
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In 1928, her husband Noah Slee began smuggling diaphragms into New York through Canada<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vNkTEWUQXIcC&pg=PA255 Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America]</ref> in boxes labeled as 3-In-One Oil.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fe7NA-b_URIC&pg=PA254 Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private]</ref>  He later became the first legal manufacturer of diaphragms in the United States.<ref>[https://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/7513/9611/6635/Margaret_Sanger_Hero_1009.pdf Margaret Sanger - 20th Century Hero], p. 8, [[Planned Parenthood]]</ref>
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In the mid-late 1920s, her husband Noah Slee began smuggling diaphragms into New York through Canada<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vNkTEWUQXIcC&pg=PA255 Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America]</ref> in boxes labeled as 3-In-One Oil.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fe7NA-b_URIC&pg=PA254 Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private]</ref>  He later became the first legal manufacturer of diaphragms in the United States.<ref>[https://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/7513/9611/6635/Margaret_Sanger_Hero_1009.pdf Margaret Sanger - 20th Century Hero], p. 8, [[Planned Parenthood]]</ref>  Behind the scenes,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yngbAQAAMAAJ&dq=quietly&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=quietly The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Birth control comes of age, 1928-1939], p. 47, footnote 9</ref><ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/pages/projects/sanger/articles/sangers_role_in_contraceptive_technology.php Sanger's Role in the Development of Contraceptive Technologies]</ref> Margaret was a major force for the creation of the Holland-Rantos company, of which Noah Slee was a major investor.  The creation of Holland-Rantos served another purpose.  Early on in Sanger's activism, birth control items were primarily available through black market channels.  The Slee's successfully reinvented it into a successful, reputable, capitalist business.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u7pgCFIcH2cC&pg=PA218 Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion]</ref>
    
Working with the Urban League in 1929,  Sanger opened up the first birth control clinic in Harlem, New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ELIJD2ErMgwC&pg=PA298 Women and Health in America: Historical Readings]</ref>  That same year, Sanger established the ''National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control'' as a lobbying organization, in order to influence the creation and amendment of laws pertaining to abortion and birth control.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S60656aS4PAC&pg=PA55 Life, Death and the Law: Law and Christian Morals in England and the United States]</ref>  It was closed in 1937, only six months after the court case ''United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries''.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2745054?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Lobbying for Birth Control]</ref>
 
Working with the Urban League in 1929,  Sanger opened up the first birth control clinic in Harlem, New York.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ELIJD2ErMgwC&pg=PA298 Women and Health in America: Historical Readings]</ref>  That same year, Sanger established the ''National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control'' as a lobbying organization, in order to influence the creation and amendment of laws pertaining to abortion and birth control.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S60656aS4PAC&pg=PA55 Life, Death and the Law: Law and Christian Morals in England and the United States]</ref>  It was closed in 1937, only six months after the court case ''United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries''.<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2745054?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Lobbying for Birth Control]</ref>
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