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  • n  United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)
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  • New book reveals truth about the pill (review)
    Years before she founded Planned Parenthood, pioneering feminist Margaret Sanger dreamed of a "magic pill" that would put women in charge of their own fertility. As a visiting nurse in New York City's tenements, Sanger saw women struggling with unwanted pregnancies, botched abortions and more children than they could take care of, thanks to husbands who wouldn't cooperate on birth control. A ...
    Sept. 4, 2013 - The Saratogian
  • New book aims to find the truth about 'the pill'
    Years before she founded Planned Parenthood, pioneering feminist Margaret Sanger dreamed of a "magic pill" that would put women in charge of their own fertility. As a visiting nurse in New York City's tenements, Sanger saw women struggling with unwanted pregnancies, botched abortions and more children than they could take care of, thanks to husbands who wouldn't cooperate on birth control. A ...
    Sept. 3, 2013 - The Oneida Daily Dispatch

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