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Margaret Sanger was a pioneering advocate for birth control in the United States, along with Asia and Europe, during the 20th century. Review of her autobiography,
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Margaret Sanger was a pioneering advocate for birth control in the United States, along with Asia and Europe, during the 20th century. In her autobiography, Margaret explains the many obstacles she had to overcome and what were her driving forces during her crusade for women's rights throughout the early to mid 20th century. Margaret was born on September 14, 1879 in Corning, NY into a middle class family. She was sixth of the eleven children her mother gave birth to. Her father was an Irish-born stonemason who challenged the children to think. Margaret's father practiced Socialism because he believed it was the closest to the Christian philosophy. Margaret has also cited him as, "the spring from which she drank from". Her mother, a Catholic Irish-American, stayed at home with the children, which was expected of mothers during this period. At fifty Margaret's mother died from tuberculosis, although, Margaret believes...
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