My fight for birth control
Subject(s): Birth control, Birth control--Government policy, Birth control--Public opinion, Censorship, Families, Family, Obscenity (Law), Poverty, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, United States. Post Office Department, United States. Post Office Dept., United States. Postmaster General, Working class, Working class women--Health and hygiene
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Margaret Sanger writes of her efforts and struggles to bring birth control education to working class women in order to combat issues such as infant and maternal mortality, abortion, and poverty. Sanger argues that it is unfair that she is considered immoral for urging working class couples to have small families while former President Roosevelt is lauded as moral for encouraging them to have large families in order to prevent race suicide.
Collection
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Creation Date
1917-04
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Page Count
6
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
My fight for birth control. [April 1917]. The Margaret Sanger Papers Project.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291936. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966. My fight for birth control. [Apr 1917]. Multi-image.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. April 2, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291936.
APA:
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966., [1917, April]. My fight for birth control.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291936.
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.
