“No one has ever given me a good reason why we should obey unjust laws.” Helen Keller, 1914.
The same year that Helen Keller made the above statement, Margaret Sanger was publishing articles advocating birth control in her journal The Woman Rebel, and knowingly breaking anti-obscenity laws by doing so.
Margaret Sanger and Helen Keller shared [...]
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I recently read an article about the correspondence and meeting between two of the most independent thinkers of the 20th Century, Margaret Sanger and Mahatma Gandhi. The two activists met in 1936 when Sanger traveled to India to speak with Gandhi about birth control. By that time Sanger was advocating internationally for artificial contraceptives and [...]
Happy Sunday, ya’ll! Welcome to our very first Choice Chat. Today’s guest is Gloria Feldt, the former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of American. Gloria is the author of several books, including The War on Choice, as well as Behind Every Choice is a Story. Her latest book, Send Yourself Roses, [...]
I just have to rant for a second. Hang in there, OK?
“Feminism” does not exist as a singular ideology that always looks at any given subject in any particular way. Rather than reduce an analysis down to a universal conclusion, by and large, feminists hope to inject topics with larger perspectives that may [...]
Fun Facts about Margaret Sanger
In honor of Feminist for Choice’s first LIVE Choice Chat
THIS Sunday, October 25th at 12:00 PST
Basic biographical info:
Full name: Margaret Higgins Sanger Slee
Born: September 14, 1879
Sanger was the name of her first husband, William Sanger, with whom she had three children.
The couple separated in 1914.
Slee was the name of her second [...]
On October 25th Feminists for Choice will host its first live “Choice Chat”, featuring Gloria Feldt. Feldt will discuss Margaret Sanger’s legacy and implications for the current reproductive rights movement.
I can predict that many of us will want to discuss what is possibly the definitive feminist history conundrum: the Birth Control Pioneer’s involvement with [...]
Mark your calendars! Feminists For Choice is launching a new feature on the site called “Choice Chats.” Once a month we’ll be inviting a guest speaker to participate in a live chat right here on the site. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and get answers in real time.
We’re very honored [...]
Last night I attended an awesome training for pro-choice activists, where I got a very condensed history of Planned Parenthood and the pro-choice movement. It was a lot of fun to hear about the courageous work of Margaret Sanger, who started advocating for women’s health as early as 1916. Sanger was the sixth [...]
“No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body. No woman can call herself free who cannot choose for herself whether and when she will become a mother.” –Margaret Sanger
Last Sunday afternoon I had the wonderful privilege of of hearing Gloria Feldt speak at an event to observe the [...]
