Though the cause of death was listed as tuberculosis, Margaret always attributed her early death to the fact that her mother was weak from bearing so many children. Seeking a better life, Sanger attended Claverack College and Hudson River Institute in 1896. Among her numerous books are What Every Mother Should Know (1917), My Fight for Birth Control (1931), and Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography (1938). Later appealing her conviction, she scored a victory for the birth control movement. Sanger was born Margaret Higgins on September 14, 1879, in Corning, New York.
Wanting to advance her cause through legal channels, Sanger started the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control in 1929. She died in 1966. Sanger and her sister spent 30 days in jail for breaking the Comstock law. It is generally accepted that Sanger’s notions were no more racist than those found in society in general at the time. He provided much of the funding for her efforts for social reform. In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. In 1914, Sanger started a feminist publication called The Woman Rebel, which promoted a woman's right to have birth control. In 1902, she married William Sanger, an architect. In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. She had separated from her husband by this time, and the two later divorced. Championed by Anthony Comstock, the act included publications, devices and medications related to contraception and abortion in its definition of obscene materials. While there, she worked in the women's movement and researched other forms of birth control, including diaphragms, which she later smuggled back into the United States. In 1921…. Her retirement did not last long, however. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The Comstock Act of 1873 prohibited the trade in and circulation of "obscene and immoral materials." In 1921, Sanger established the American Birth Control League, a precursor to today's Planned Parenthood Federation of America. It is unclear how extensively Sanger was involved in the eugenics movement, though she did believe that birth control could be used to prevent the breeding of unfit individuals. She went on to study nursing at White Plains Hospital four years later. The monthly magazine landed her in trouble, as it was illegal to send out information on contraception through the mail. "Margaret Sanger's concerns and advocacy for reproductive health have been clearly documented, but so too has her racist legacy. While she was serving time, the first issue of her periodical The Birth Control Review was published. "The removal of Margaret Sanger's name from our building is both a necessary and overdue step to reckon with our legacy and acknowledge Planned Parenthood's contributions to historical reproductive harm within communities of color," said Karen Seltzer, the chair of PPGNY's board. "No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother," Sanger said. Margaret Fuller is best known for feminist writing and literary criticism in 19th century America. Sanger and her staff, including her sister Ethel, were arrested during a raid of the Brooklyn clinic nine days after it opened.