Margaret Sanger

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Margaret Sanger

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Margaret Sanger

Introduction

The scientific advances in medicine in the early twentieth century had immense human collision . Widespread deadly diseases were cured and the formation of birth control would send a fissure through the United States like nothing else . I was born on September 14 , 1879 and came from a large Irish Catholic family , was introduced to birth control as an adult and soon became very energetically involved in efforts to legalize it . My

work as a visiting nurse focused my attention in sex education and women 's health . I was surprised by the incapability of most women to attain accurate and effectual birth control , which I thought was primary to securing freedom and autonomy for working women . I was steady in my search for simpler , less costly , and more effectual contraceptives (Asbell , Bernard , 1995 ) I found out , women , particularly those who were poor , had no choice regarding pregnancy . The only way not to get pregnant was by not having sex- a choice that was almost always the husband 's . This was even truer in the case of lower-class men for whom 'sex was the poor man 's only comfort "I came to a sudden realization that my work as a nurse and my activities in social service were entirely palliative and consequently futile and useless to relieve the misery I saw all about me " I wrote in my 1931 book "My Fight for Birth Control (Asbell , 1995

Discussion

After my wedding I became a visiting nurse in New York , and joined the International Workers of the World (IWW . This union 's objective was to eradicate capitalism and reach out to women and various minorities . My relationship with the IWW and with my newfound friend , Emma Goldman boosted my political stature . So , when I started to publicize pamphlets concerning the horrors I witnessed working as a nurse . I also wrote about explicit cases in a piece titled Hard Facts

At last I was charged with breaking this law in 1914 but the charges were eventually dropped . I devoted my whole life making birth obtainable to all women in the world to boost the quality and length of women 's and children 's lives . After seeing the bodily and financial destruction of large families on my patients and from the emotional scars of watching my mother die an early death after the birthing of my children , I dealt with the political concern by opening the first US birth control clinic

My unlawful pamphlets were expended around the United States , which then activated a birth control debate . This further provoked the U .S Attorney and Comstock , the man who had barred my articles . Then in 1915 I returned from Europe to confront my proceedings and face trial . Yet I sustained to stand ground and argue the requirement for contraceptive information . Ultimately I was let off as the U .S . Attorney 's office did not want to create a...