Woman rebel scores Roosevelt as enslaver of mothers in U.S.
In an interview with Margaret Sanger, the Denver Post reports on the reformer’s efforts in the area of birth control and her desire for “better babies or no babies.” Sanger claimed that former President Roosevelt had “enslaved” American women and children with his policies and ideas concerning family reproduction. She stated that Roosevelt’s efforts in encouraging American couples to rear large families was “willy-nilly” and that the former president’s personality encouraged people, particularly women, to listen to him. Sanger emphatically called Roosevelt “foolish” and accused him of creating “tenants for our insane asylums, prisons and alms’ houses.”
Collection
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Creation Date
1916-05-17