This illuminating biography of Margaret Sanger-the woman who fought for birth control in America-describes her childhood, her private life, her relationships with Emma Goldman and John Reed, her public role, and more. Margaret Sanger went to jail in 1917 for distributing contraceptives to immigrant women in a makeshift clinic in Brooklyn. She died a half-century later, just after the Supreme Court guaranteed constitutional protection for the use of contraceptives. Now, Ellen Chesler provides an authoritative and widely ...
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This illuminating biography of Margaret Sanger-the woman who fought for birth control in America-describes her childhood, her private life, her relationships with Emma Goldman and John Reed, her public role, and more. Margaret Sanger went to jail in 1917 for distributing contraceptives to immigrant women in a makeshift clinic in Brooklyn. She died a half-century later, just after the Supreme Court guaranteed constitutional protection for the use of contraceptives. Now, Ellen Chesler provides an authoritative and widely acclaimed biography of this great emancipator, whose lifelong struggle helped women gain control over their own bodies. An idealist who mastered practical politics, Sanger seized on contraception as the key to redistributing power to women in the bedroom, the home, and the community. For fifty years, she battled formidable opponents ranging from the US Government to the Catholic Church. Her crusade was both passionate and paradoxical. She was an advocate of female solidarity who often preferred the company of men; an adoring mother who abandoned her children; a socialist who became a registered Republican; a sexual adventurer who remained an incurable romantic. Her comrades-in-arms included Emma Goldman and John Reed; her lovers, Havelock Ellis and H.G. Wells. Drawing on new information from archives and interviews, Chesler illuminates Sanger's turbulent personal story as well as the history of the birth control movement. An intimate biography of a visionary rebel, Woman of Valor is also an epic story that extends from the radical movements of pre-World War I to the family planning initiatives of the Great Society. At a time when women's reproductive and sexual autonomy is once again under attack, this landmark biography is indispensable reading for the generations in debt to Sanger for the freedoms they take for granted.
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Whilst I agree with the assessment that Margaret Sanger was one of the most evil women of the 20th century, I believe this book should still be read in order to educate conservatives as to why the far left loves Sanger and her "work." We must read books that view her in a positive way in order to see her from a leftist perspective so that we can come up with effective rebuttals as to why she was a sick, twisted individual. This book is a terrible book that supports an evil institution (i.e. Planned Parenthood), but yet, we still must read it in order to help us fight the propagation of such nonsense. It's a must read for the sake of preparing us in our crusade against far leftist propaganda in general. We must see Margaret Sanger as they do.
Annba
Aug 8, 2010
eugenisist and racist
A whitewash of a powerful eugenisist and racist. Sanger wanted to rid the world of the poor and the Black. Hitler was impressed by her. She is the mother of abortion-encouraging the murder of innocent babies in the womb. She is a disgrace to womanhood, but these books have made her a heroin to those who have not read her history fully. Best to read about her ideas and beliefs in her own words. Today's cries of racism at every turn should be pointing directly at Sanger.
