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Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966

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Eager hundreds ‘hitch’ chairs to hear message

Eager hundreds ‘hitch’ chairs to hear message

Journalist Gene Frances Baker, who wrote under the name Gene Baker, reports on the crowd of women who “came in droves” to hear Margaret Sanger speak at the Hotel Oakland ballroom. Sanger, who Baker describes as “feminine” with “personal warmth,” scientifically and clearly described the issue of birth control. She criticized the censorship of the United States Postal Service and former President Roosevelt’s sense of morality. Sanger asked the audience who was more moral: she, for encouraging small, responsible families, or Roosevelt, for encouraging American couples to have many children? At this, Baker reports that Sanger received a great deal of applause, indicating that “the Rooseveltian theory would never win him many of the women’s votes.”

Collection

The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Creation Date

1916-06-15

Mrs. Sanger defies courts before 3,000

Mrs. Sanger defies courts before 3,000

The New York Times reports that Margaret Sanger spoke to a large crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York the previous evening. Sanger spoke about birth control and the importance of disseminating the information to women, particularly women of the working classes who are prevented from the education that upper class women receive. Sanger criticized former President Roosevelt, stating that he was freely allowed to discuss female reproduction when he encouraged large families. She discussed Roosevelt’s home of Oyster Bay, New York, claiming that sixty-three “poor mothers” from the area had sought her help on matters of birth control.

Collection

The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Creation Date

1917-01-30

Woman rebel scores Roosevelt as enslaver of mothers in U.S.

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

Scores U.S. law which bars talk on birth control

Scores U.S. law which bars talk on birth control

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