Margaret Sanger

Overview

Margaret Sanger (née Higgins) born Corning, NY September 14, 1883 (d. 1966). Nurse; birth control pioneer who organized international population conferences NY 1925, Geneva 1927, Zurich 1930; first President of International Planned Parenthood 1953.

Quotations

"The basic freedom of the world is woman's freedom." (Woman and the New Race, ch. V, 1920)

"Birth control, the real cure for war." (Woman and the New Race, ch. XIII, 1920; photo biography.com)