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Margaret Sanger 18831966 was a leading figure in the American birth controlmovement. Trained as a nurse she moved to New York City to work among thepoor. Having witnessed firsthand the travails of mothers in the citys poorestneighborhoods she felt the need to provide them with information onreproduction and contraception. She abandoned her nursing career and devotedthe rest of her life to disseminating information on womens reproduction andcontraception publishing books and articles and founding birth controlclinics.In Motherhood in Bondage first published in 1928 Sanger reproduced letterswritten to her from women and sometimes men from all over the country in bothurban and rural areas who were seeking advice on reproductive matters andmarital relations but mostly imploring her to help them find ways to avoidmore pregnancies. The letters are grouped by theme into sixteen chapters andSanger wrote an introduction to each chapter. «
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