Sep 14, 2019 Margaret Sanger
Today is the 140th birthday of Margaret Sanger. We all owe her a great deal of gratitude for her perseverance for a cause we all but take for granted today. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left.
BIRTH DATE: September 14, 1879
DEATH DATE: September 6, 1966
EDUCATION: Claverack College, Hudson River Institute
PLACE OF BIRTH: Corning, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Tucson, Arizona
CAUSE OF DEATH: Heart Failure
REMAINS: Buried, Fishkill Rural Cemetery, Fishkill, NY
BEST KNOWN FOR: Margaret Sanger was an early feminist and women’s rights activist who coined the term “birth control” and worked towards its legalization.
Author of books:
What Every Mother Should Know (1917)
My Fight for Birth Control (1931)
Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography (1938, memoir)
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