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Margaret Sanger
An advocate of safe and effective contraception for women, Margaret Sanger dedicated her life to efforts to help women take responsibility for their lives.
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Margaret Sanger and Birth Control
Margaret Sanger was appalled at the conditions facing married women in the late 1800s and early 1900s who were bearing too many children, ruining their health and dying.
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Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of Birth Control
Margaret Sanger was the woman who coined the term "birth control." She was the most avid supporter of contraceptive use in history. Her fight for the rights of women led to the approval of the birth control pill in the US.
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Eugene V. Debs Champion of Women's Equality
Five-time presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs argued passionately for socialism and labor reform but proved to be a progressive champion for women's rights as well.
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Sex, Marriage and Birth Control
Margaret Louise Higgins saw women dying every day because of childbearing, poverty and ignorance, and decided that she would do something to help these unfortunate women.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks Sotomayor, Roe
A New York Times interview with Ruth Bader Ginsberg captures the justice's thoughts on Sotomayor and on Roe V. Wade.
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Women In Health History - In Public Service
Women in health history through public service.
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Birth Control as a Method of Family Planning
An overview of the practice of family planning through birth control, or contraception.
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Parents' Information Bureau
Until the 1960s, it was illegal to distribute birth control information. Parents' Information Bureau risked all, and changed the lives of Canadian families and society.
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Child Birth and Abortion in Gilded Age Cities
While white middle class women represented a steady decline in birth rates, the new immigrants in urban centers exhibited dramatically higher birth rates.
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Flora MacDonald Denison
Flora MacDonald Denison (1867-1921) was an original: suffragist, journalist, radical believer in free love and birth control, and fan of spiritualism and Walt Whitman.
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Projects Focusing on Historical Heroes
A heroes project that enables students to research and report on recent historical figures can address the need for ethics education and provide real role models.
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A Living Soul
With this week's anniversary of the controversial Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973, there is a lot of debate and discussion about the "sanctity of human life."
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Katharine Dexter McCormick and the Pill
With an acute understanding of biology and the International Harvester fortune, McCormick was determined to provide women with a way to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
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MLA Citation Changes 2009
MLA citation rules have changed for 2009. New citation format required in all source material from print to web sites including MLA styles, MLA research, MLA term papers.
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Importance of Women's History Month
Courageous women across cultures and ages have had a powerful and positive impact on American culture and success since the country began.
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