1916: Margaret Sanger, Social Reformer and Founder of the Birth Control Movement

Margaret Sanger, Social Reformer and Founder of the Birth Control Movement

Portrait of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), social reformer and founder of the birth control movement in the United States, sitting in a room in Chicago.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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