ProQuest history vault. Margaret Sanger papers. Smith College collections and collected documents.

"I seem to have no life and no history apart from the birth control movement," Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) wrote in 1938. And, indeed, there was almost no phase of the birth control movement in which Margaret Sanger did not play a significant role. Her collection of papers reveals a complex portrait...

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Corporate Authors:	Sophia Smith Collection, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Electronic Reference Material
Language:	English
Published:	[Ann Arbor, Michigan] : ProQuest, [2018?]-
Subjects:	Sanger, Margaret, > 1879-1966. Birth control > United States > History. Family planning > United States > History. Women's rights > United States > History. Women's rights. Family planning. Birth control. United States. Databases. History. Sources. Women's movement.
Online Access:	Notre Dame Online Access
Summary:	"I seem to have no life and no history apart from the birth control movement," Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) wrote in 1938. And, indeed, there was almost no phase of the birth control movement in which Margaret Sanger did not play a significant role. Her collection of papers reveals a complex portrait of the personal and public lives of one of the 20th century's most influential and controversial figures. The Margaret Sanger Papers cover every aspect of the birth control movement, including the movement's changing ideologies, its campaign for legitimacy, and its internal conflicts and organizational growth.