Margaret Sanger (/ ˈsæŋər /; née Higgins; September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill.

Mar 20, 2025 · Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field. Sanger founded the Birth Control League, the parent organization of the Birth Control Federation of America, later renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Jul 23, 2020 · For those identifying historical figures with racist roots who should be removed from public view because of their evil histories, Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, must join that...

In the early 20th century, at a time when matters surrounding family planning or women’s healthcare were not spoken in public, Margaret Sanger founded the birth control movement and became an outspoken and life-long advocate for women’s reproductive rights.

Oct 14, 2016 · An advocate for women’s reproductive rights who was also a vocal eugenics enthusiast, Margaret Sanger leaves a complicated legacy — and one that conservatives have periodically leveraged into...

Mar 18, 2025 · Margaret Sanger’s legacy is complicated. Although she was instrumental in educating women about birth control, thus giving them more agency over their own lives, she was also a Eugenics supporter and member of the discredited movement aimed at improving the population by encouraging so-called superior people to have more children while ...

Mar 6, 2024 · Margaret Sanger was an early feminist and women's rights activist who coined the term "birth control" and worked towards its legalization.

Nov 27, 2017 · Named after Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), the founder of the Birth Control League (the future Planned Parenthood), the square honors an improbable feminist icon who championed a coercive brand of...

Starting in the 1910s, Sanger actively challenged federal and state Comstock laws to bring birth control information and contraceptive devices to women. Her fervent ambition was to find the...

Oct 13, 2016 · Margaret Higgins Sanger advocated for birth control in the United States and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.