| − | 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> Herbert Simonds was a founding partner of Holland-Rantos.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GvSRAAAAIAAJ&q=herbert+simonds+holland+rantos&dq=herbert+simonds+holland+rantos&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOp4v0xODQAhVE5iYKHX2rC3c4ChDoAQgZMAA Ideas triumphant: strategies for social change and progress]</ref> | + | 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> beginning with his fifteen thousand dollar investment into Holland-Rantos(HR).<ref name=investment>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u7pgCFIcH2cC&pg=PA218 Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion]</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 company. The creation of HR also served another purpose, using free markets to legitimize her efforts. Early on in Sanger's activism, birth control items were primarily available through black market channels. The Slee's successfully reinvented it into a reputable, "capitalist business".<ref name=investment /> Herbert Simonds was a founding partner of Holland-Rantos.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GvSRAAAAIAAJ&q=herbert+simonds+holland+rantos&dq=herbert+simonds+holland+rantos&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOp4v0xODQAhVE5iYKHX2rC3c4ChDoAQgZMAA Ideas triumphant: strategies for social change and progress]</ref> |