Today’s careers which many people are pursuing and earning salaries and wages from, were pioneered by historical legends. Some went through hard times to improve service delivery and other practices. Nursing like other careers has a good number of pioneers who are known for their efforts in initiating different perspectives of the extensive career. Some of these champions went to the heights of forming activist groups to ensure successful breakthroughs for the careers. By so doing, these heroes contributed heavily to the current nursing profession. Margaret Sanger is among those who went through tribulations and made remarkable contributions to the nursing profession. Sanger went through hardships in her course to promote birth control and family planning among women. Although Sanger faced numerous challenges in fighting for women rights, her journey in the nursing profession involved many activities that brought about liberation of women in making decisions regarding their reproductive health.
Sanger's early life was not different from those of other typical working class Americans of that time. She was born to a Roman …show more content…
Some of them were struggling to raise their children while others were suffering from failed abortions and miscarriages (Gordon, 2016). Her mother lost seven pregnancies, a situation that challenged her more. The law prohibited contraceptives, the nurses and the medical practitioners who would have assisted in sharing family planning information feared to break the law. The listed challenges made Sanger consider of a perfect strategy to unshackle women from slavery. Sanger worked with other civil societies and contraception was affirmed as a constitution right and mifepristone was approved as a means of abortion helping women to have choices and right to use abortion (Berman & Snyder,
Sanger's early life was not different from those of other typical working class Americans of that time. She was born to a Roman …show more content…
Some of them were struggling to raise their children while others were suffering from failed abortions and miscarriages (Gordon, 2016). Her mother lost seven pregnancies, a situation that challenged her more. The law prohibited contraceptives, the nurses and the medical practitioners who would have assisted in sharing family planning information feared to break the law. The listed challenges made Sanger consider of a perfect strategy to unshackle women from slavery. Sanger worked with other civil societies and contraception was affirmed as a constitution right and mifepristone was approved as a means of abortion helping women to have choices and right to use abortion (Berman & Snyder,