An Insight to Margaret Sanger’s Legacy
During the early twentieth century, women had no access to contraceptives and they had no power in deciding when they wanted to start a family. In the United States, women were charged with a crime if they educated, distributed, or possessed any form of contraception. This banned was supported by the Comstock Act, which was passed by Congress in 1873, but there were people who did not support it (Comstock Act | United States [1873]). One of the activist against this law and who firmly believed women should have the right to decide if she wanted and when she wanted to conceive was Margaret Sanger. Sanger was passionate about women have accesses to birth control and she dedicated her life to making it …show more content…
It was there where she witnessed poverty, uncontrolled fertility, high rates of infant and maternal losses, and deaths caused by illegal abortions. In some extreme cases, Sanger became aware about the danger women were willing to face when they went through self-terminated pregnancies. Sanger though it was unnecessary for women to go through this kind of suffering and she believed there needed to be some type of social reform (Margaret Sanger American Social Reformer). These issues were caused because of the Comstock Law and the social belief that women should not decide what to do with their own bodies and when it was the right time to have children. Sanger observations turned her into a feminist and she also formed the lifelong opinion that women had the right avoid unwanted …show more content…
She began a newspaper column titled “What Every Girl Should Know” in that same year so that women could be educated about sex (Margaret Sanger Biography). Sanger believed informing women about how their body worked was a crucial step for the prevention of pregnancies and for women to become more empowered. Another feminist publication she started was the monthly magazine called the “Women Rebel,” which promoted the right for women to have the access of birth control. At the same time, while she was publishing all of these works, Sanger was risking getting arrested for the breaking the Comstock Law (Margaret Sanger Biography). As I mentioned before, the Comstock Act of 1873 banned the distribution of contraceptive medications, devices, and even sending information through the mail (National Women's History Museum). Sanger eventually did get in trouble for the monthly magazine since it was illegal to send out information through the mail and she had had to flee to England so she would not have the face the possibility of going to jail for five years. While she was there, she still continued to campaign for the right to use birth control. Sanger kept herself busy with feminist movements such as working in the women’s movement and researching other type
During the early twentieth century, women had no access to contraceptives and they had no power in deciding when they wanted to start a family. In the United States, women were charged with a crime if they educated, distributed, or possessed any form of contraception. This banned was supported by the Comstock Act, which was passed by Congress in 1873, but there were people who did not support it (Comstock Act | United States [1873]). One of the activist against this law and who firmly believed women should have the right to decide if she wanted and when she wanted to conceive was Margaret Sanger. Sanger was passionate about women have accesses to birth control and she dedicated her life to making it …show more content…
It was there where she witnessed poverty, uncontrolled fertility, high rates of infant and maternal losses, and deaths caused by illegal abortions. In some extreme cases, Sanger became aware about the danger women were willing to face when they went through self-terminated pregnancies. Sanger though it was unnecessary for women to go through this kind of suffering and she believed there needed to be some type of social reform (Margaret Sanger American Social Reformer). These issues were caused because of the Comstock Law and the social belief that women should not decide what to do with their own bodies and when it was the right time to have children. Sanger observations turned her into a feminist and she also formed the lifelong opinion that women had the right avoid unwanted …show more content…
She began a newspaper column titled “What Every Girl Should Know” in that same year so that women could be educated about sex (Margaret Sanger Biography). Sanger believed informing women about how their body worked was a crucial step for the prevention of pregnancies and for women to become more empowered. Another feminist publication she started was the monthly magazine called the “Women Rebel,” which promoted the right for women to have the access of birth control. At the same time, while she was publishing all of these works, Sanger was risking getting arrested for the breaking the Comstock Law (Margaret Sanger Biography). As I mentioned before, the Comstock Act of 1873 banned the distribution of contraceptive medications, devices, and even sending information through the mail (National Women's History Museum). Sanger eventually did get in trouble for the monthly magazine since it was illegal to send out information through the mail and she had had to flee to England so she would not have the face the possibility of going to jail for five years. While she was there, she still continued to campaign for the right to use birth control. Sanger kept herself busy with feminist movements such as working in the women’s movement and researching other type