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Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) was a nurse and life-long advocate of women's reproductive rights. Sanger believed that a woman would never truly be free until she had the right to determine whether she wanted to be a mother, and acted on these beliefs by starting a campaign to educate women about sex. She did this while also working as a nurse treating those who had resorted to illegal and unsafe methods of abortion. After fleeing to England for five years, in order to escape persecution for violating the Comstock Laws, Sanger returned to the United States and opened up a clinic (now widely known across the United States as Planned Parenthood) in Brooklyn, New York. The clinic offered women information and resources regarding birth control. The clinic quickly gained popularity and women were soon lining up to be educated. Prior to the birth control movement, there was no uniform sexual education for women, and many found it difficult to find information regarding fertility and contraception. The clinic was only open for ten days before being shut down by authorities for violating the Comstock Act. Sanger was put into jail for 30 days.