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| birth_place = Corning, New York

| birth_place = Corning, New York

| death_date  = September 6, 1966

| death_date  = September 6, 1966

| death_place = Tucson, Arizona<ref name=obit>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0914.html Margaret Sanger Is Dead at 82; Led Campaign for Birth Control]</ref>

| death_place = [[Tucson]], Arizona<ref name=obit>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0914.html Margaret Sanger Is Dead at 82; Led Campaign for Birth Control]</ref>

| nationality = American

| nationality = American

| spouse      = William Sanger, <br /> James Noah H. Slee<ref name=obit />

| spouse      = William Sanger, <br /> James Noah H. Slee<ref name=obit />

| religion    =  

| religion    =  

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'''Margaret Sanger''' (September 14, 1879 - September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]], [[eugenics]] activist and [[racist]], who founded the [[American Birth Control League]], which eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]]  She retired from the organization in 1940.

 

'''Margaret Sanger''' (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American [[feminist]], [[eugenics]] activist and [[racist]], who founded the [[American Birth Control League]], which eventually became [[Planned Parenthood]]  She retired from the organization in 1940.

Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She blamed large families for all of the ills of society,<ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=213391.xml MORALITY AND BIRTH CONTROL]</ref> and argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.<ref>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=232534.xml BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION?],</ref>  She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.

Her main success was in bringing discussions of [[Birth Control]] into the public arena. She blamed large families for all of the ills of society,<ref name=moralityandbirthcontrol>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=213391.xml MORALITY AND BIRTH CONTROL]</ref> and argued that a major reason to promote birth control was to stop abortions.<ref>[https://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/webedition/app/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=232534.xml BIRTH CONTROL OR ABORTION?],</ref>  She was vigorously denounced by the Catholic Church because of her position on birth control.