Scores U.S. law which bars talk on birth control
Subject(s): Birth control, Birth control--Government policy, Birth control--Moral and ethical aspects, Birth control--Press coverage, Birth control--Public opinion, Families, Family, Hotel Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wis.), Immorality, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966, Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Women in higher education, Working class women--Health and hygiene
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At an engagement at the Hotel Wisconsin, Margaret Sanger discussed birth control, claiming that wealthy women were aware how to prevent pregnancy but working class women did not have access to this information. Sanger indignantly protested that while former President Roosevelt was allowed to travel around the United States and urge couples to have large families, she was not allowed to provide information to women to prevent numerous pregnancies. She further argued that the immorality argument leveled against birth control was identical to the one leveled earlier against women in higher education.
Collection
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Creation Date
1916-04-27
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Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Page Count
1
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Image
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Chicago:
Scores U.S. law which bars talk on birth control. [April 27, 1916]. The Margaret Sanger Papers Project.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291926. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Scores U.S. law which bars talk on birth control. [27 Apr. 1916]. Image.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. April 2, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291926.
APA:
Unknown., [1916, April 27]. Scores U.S. law which bars talk on birth control.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291926.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/the-margaret-sanger-papers-project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. April 2, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/the-margaret-sanger-papers-project.
APA:
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/the-margaret-sanger-papers-project.
