Why Is Margaret Sanger Important

Eleni Important facts are missing from our history books. Many women, especially, are missing from our history books. The focus will be on three specific women. Margaret Sanger, Wu Zetian, and Murasaki Shikibu are three magnificent women One person for discussion is Margaret Sanger, her importance was the fact that she was a women’s birth control activist. Born on September 14, 1879 she was one of eleven children born. Other than the children born, her mother had seven miscarriages. Sanger had a hard childhood as her father preferred to drink than to keep a steady job. When Sanger was 19 her mother died of Tuberculosis. Over all Sanger did not have it easy as a child. After Sanger’s mother died of TB, Sanger attended nursing school. After …show more content…
Sanger then changed her attention from nursing to getting birth control legalized. Sanger was hoping for a “Magic Pill” that would be able to control birth and pregnancies. Sanger started the American Birth Control League to gain support and give education on the subject. Sanger also started handing out birth control contraceptives, and diaphragms in the mail. Sanger also started a clinic for birth control. Unfortunately the American Birth Control League, The Woman Rebel, the birth control clinic and the handing out of the diaphragms and contraceptives had landed her in trouble because it was illegal to to hand items of this sort to be handed out in the mail and to have a birth control clinic in the U.S. Overall Sanger got into big trouble for all the things she had done in her …show more content…
Sanger could not return until October 1915. When she returned from London she smuggled the diaphragms, and contraceptives back into the U.S. She saw some victories regarding her cause before she died; for example, the court made it legal for doctors to prescribe contraceptives to their female patients, another victory was the court allowing the contraceptives to be imported. Sanger did not work without controversy she was criticized for working with eugenics, a branch of science that focused on selective mating. “Sanger’s basic principle was ‘Every child should be a wanted child,’” (bio.com). Sanger died on September 6, 1966 8 days before her birthday. Overall her life after her mother’s death was productful. Today many birth control clinics carry Sanger’s name. Sanger lived a productive life that affected the society we have today. We may not have the society we have today if it was not for Sanger’s efforts.Overall Sanger got into big trouble for allt the things being done in her lifetime. But Sanger had forever changed