Birth control expounded here
Subject(s): Abortion, Birth control, Birth control--Government policy, Birth control--Moral and ethical aspects, Birth control--Press coverage, Birth control--Public opinion, Claypool Hotel (Indianapolis, Ind.), Indiana--Indianapolis, Infants (Newborn)--Mortality, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Motherhood, Netherlands, New Zealand, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Working class women--Health and hygiene
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The Indianapolis Star reports on Margaret Sanger’s speech about birth control at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sanger discussed the importance of providing birth control information to working class women in order to reduce and prevent infant and maternal mortality, poverty, abortion, and prostitution. She argued that if former President Roosevelt was allowed to travel the country and urge families to have many children, she should be allowed to give poor women the information they needed. In reference to Roosevelt’s concerns over race suicide, Sanger stated, “I say the race ought to commit suicide unless it can take care of its children better.”
Collection
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Creation Date
1916-05-16
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Page Count
2
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Record Type
Multi-image
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Chicago:
Birth control expounded here. [May 16, 1916]. The Margaret Sanger Papers Project.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291929. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Birth control expounded here. [16 May. 1916]. Multi-image.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291929.
APA:
Unknown., [1916, May 16]. Birth control expounded here.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291929.
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. March 12, 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.
