Margaret Sanger: A Feminist Analysis

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Margaret Sanger was a feminist who believed strongly in women’s rights. She is placed by Upton St. Claire because when she was in New York they attended multiple protest for women’s rights together. She should also be sat by John Spargo, Florence Kelly, Alice Paul and Susan B. Anthony because they all fought for women’s rights. Robert La Follete is seated near John Spargo since they both strongly opposed child labor.William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt should be sat together because they were good friends. J.P. Morgan and Captain Alfred are sat next to one another because they were both wealthy men who approved the idea of war. Mitchell Palmer and Woodrow Wilson are sat across from each other since Mitchell was Woodrow’s attorney general

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