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An advocate of safe and effective contraception for women, Margaret Sanger dedicated her life to efforts to help women take responsibility for their lives.

A New York Times interview with Ruth Bader Ginsberg captures the justice's thoughts on Sotomayor and on Roe V. Wade.

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.

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.

Problems of authenticity and reliability will not plague Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger's new online encyclopedia due to increased diligence

An overview of the practice of family planning through birth control, or contraception.

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.

Travel writer Andrew Sanger's powerful, moving first novel is a piece of modern Jewish fiction set in north London's Golder's Green, home of a large Jewish community.

Since the beginnings of modern genetics scientists have been trying to figure out how often mutations occur; now they think they have the answer.

Techniques that allowed for the rapid determination of the order of the nucleotide bases in a molecule of DNA started a new era in scientific research.

With an acute understanding of biology and the International Harvester fortune, McCormick was determined to provide women with a way to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

Wikipedia uses wiki software to allow anyone to edit the encyclopedia and to add their own content. With almost 3 million pages, it is one of the most popular websites.

Exhibitions at London's National Portrait Gallery feature famous scientists, the musician George Melly, sculptor John Gibbons, and super-model/actress, Twiggy.

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.

While white middle class women represented a steady decline in birth rates, the new immigrants in urban centers exhibited dramatically higher birth rates.

While there are several women composers in our time, it was not so in previous centuries. Here are a few Austrian composers who deserve to be remembered for their works.

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.

Toddlers love to help in the kitchen. But sometimes parents need to perform kitchen tasks alone. Learn how to keep toddlers safely occupied, yet interested, in cooking.

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.

Bringing together thousands of mill workers in the common cause of higher wages and shorter work hours, the Lawrence strike was unique by involving many nationalities.

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."

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.

The early southern triumphs of 1861 and 1862, filled Southern prisons with thousands of Union prisoners. The South was anxious for a formal agreement on prisoners.

Courageous women across cultures and ages have had a powerful and positive impact on American culture and success since the country began.

Australians reputedly speak English, but, even allowing for a strong, flat accent, specific Aussie slang and the colorful idioms can be hard to understand. This may help.