The Morality of Birth control originally surfaced as a pamphlet in 1918, which questioned the morality of denying knowledge surrounding a drug which could prevent pregnancy women. In 1913 Margaret Sanger worked as a nurse in a New York. There Sanger watched one woman fall ill from a household abortion. The doctor told this women to avoid pregnancy she should “have her husband sleep on the roof” (Richmond Edu, Par. 7). A few months later Sanger found the same women dead after a second self-inflicted abortion. This horrendous event pushed Sanger to advocate a right she believed all woman should have. By 1921 Sanger had established the American Birth Control League which America now know as the Planned Parenthood Organization of America. In the same year Sanger delivered an activist speech called The Morality of Birth Control in Park Theatre New York on November 18. In the 1921 women's rights were just developing a serious persona in society. It was not until August 26 of 1920 that women were given the same rights and responsibilities of citizenship as men. And although these rights were legal by 1921, many religious groups did not believe women should have the freedom to make their own decisions about reproduction. It was believed that if a woman had this “freedom” that she would lose her morality, on the basis that freedom from pregnancy would evoke higher levels of promiscuity. Sanger makes direct and specific remarks about the churches opinion on this topic When women asked for franchise it was said that this would lower her standard of morals, that it was not fit that she should meet with and mix with members of the opposite sex, but we notice there is no objection to her meeting with the same members o... ... middle of paper ... ..., the safest, the most scientific information” (Sanger). This helped to bring the supporters together, improving the movements power. Inductive reasoning was use many times, voicing specific beliefs before explaining, in broad terms, why these beliefs were important. This use of bonding, pathos and inductive reasoning to encourage the audience to support birth control was very powerful. In the end, Margaret Sanger’s speech on november 18, 1921 encouraged a movement. She was able to touch the lives of women who believed they should have the right to manage their own bodies. And in the same fowl swoop she denoted the stance of religion to be over bearing, encouraging ignorance and fear in women. Margaret continued on in her life to create an organization that still runs to this day. Helping millions of people every year maintain control over their lives and bodies.
...still a vital part of world today. Planned Parenthood is not segregated to color or affluence and has definitely changed the world as we know it today. Margaret Sanger though a determined selfish women did not get everything the way she wanted it to be. She hung up fliers in immigrant neighborhoods just so the poor or colored would go to the clinic. She wanted these people to go to the birth control clinics so they couldn’t reproduce. Margaret believed that if you couldn’t support the family you already have you shouldn’t have more children and she was a strong believer that the inferior race should not be able to reproduce. All of Mrs. Sanger’s actions said more then what her voice said. Margaret Sanger was a powerful strong woman who was celebrated as an advocate of women’s rights; however her motives were for all the wrong reasons.
Margaret Sanger was the founder of The American League of Birth Control which later became Planned Parenthood and her argument in those times was that it was not fair for women who were from a lower class could not have access to Birth Control.
“No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body”. Margaret Sanger stated this quote for the purpose of letting all women know that they should have the choice to make decisions about their own body whenever plausible. She seemed to feel as though, if women can’t obtain control over what they want to do with their body, then they can never truly be free in other manners as well. Sanger is an amazingly determined woman who was able to give all women the chance to gain control and power over their body. Margaret Sanger is an important figure in the 1920s American History because not only did she create and establish the first birth control clinics, but she also gave women the chance to take control over their body.
The city of Corning, New York gained one of the most influential advocates on September 14, 1879: the daughter of Bob Higgins and Anne Purcell Higgins. Little to Bob or Anne’s knowledge, Margaret Louisa Higgins, later known as Margaret Sanger, was destined to change the world of contraceptives for its present-day use: modern birth control. As the sixth child of eleven, Sanger grew up in poverty; with a socialist advocate for a father, and a recurrently pregnant mother constantly worn down from those pregnancies and later dying of tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis ultimately killed Sanger’s mother, Sanger believed that the frequent pregnancies of Anne burdened her mother and were the underlying cause of her relatively early death at the age
Sanger, one of the pioneers of modern birth control, founded Planned Parenthood which was an
Margaret Higgins Sanger believed that abortion should be the choice of female. She started the first birth control clinic of the United States in 1916. She was an activist for women and fought hard for their right to give birth when they decide to so they can lead healthier lives verses being told they cannot have abortions when they get have a baby. She was in the forefront for women rights, when it comes to women right to choose when they want to give birth through her books, writings, speeches and her nursing skills.
The American crusader Margaret Sanger pioneered the path for women’s reproductive rights. Establishing one of the first clinics to offer contraception for women during the cold war era. When Sanger tried offering women a choice of contraception that was illegal she still persevered because she believed rules were meant to be broken. While growing up Sanger’s first occupation helped path the way to her advocacy, leaving prison in 1917 increased Sanger desire for women’s reproductive rights, and now her legacy continues on with the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
One woman from the 1900’s indirectly assisted over 4.5 million people each year (“By the Numbers”). This influential woman was born in 1883 to immigrant parents, Anna Purcell and Michael Higgins, in Corning, New York (Coigney 16). Many believed that she would not amount to much because her father supported eleven children off of extremely low wages (Coigney 16). Despite the odds, Sanger pioneered birth control movement because she wanted to prevent history from repeating itself, believed that women should have control over their own bodies, and thought that all children should be showered with attention and love. Margaret Sanger’s success in the birth control movement has helped millions of people by providing them
This also shows the prejudice against Sanger because she was a woman, and promoting medication which would change the lives of women socially forever. Many people were afraid of the freedom that contraceptives would give to women. Sanger also established The American Birth Control League (ABCL) in 1921 in order to carry out her believes that every woman has the power and freedom to prevent conception (Moses ).The establishment of The American Birth Control League is a significant turning point in Sanger's mission to provide women with birth control because the ABCL would presage the largest nonprofit organization which provides advice on contraception, family planning, and reproductive problems the modern-day Planned Parenthood. Sanger eventually resigned as president of the (ABCL) and founded The National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control (NCFLBC) in 1929 enable to further her cause through legal tactics (New York University). The committee was founded in able to make it legal for doctors to freely distribute birth control. The National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control was crucial because without the action of federal legislation the absence of availability of birth control for women would remain
A birth control pioneer, Margaret Sanger campaigned to provide different contraceptives to women, including contraception through pills, family planning’, and abortions. (Although not
During the early 1900s, American nurse Margaret Sanger led the birth-control movement in the United States. She and others opened clinics to provide women with information and devices. Although frequently jailed, she and her followers were instrumental in getting laws changed. In subsequent years, laws against birth control gradually weakened, and more effective methods were developed.
Margaret Sanger, born September 14, 1879, New York, the U.S. and she died September 6, 1966, Tucson, Arizona. She is the founder of the birth-control campaign in the United States and an international lead. Margaret Sanger also, a well-known nurse, women’s rights and birth control activist, and sex educator. Also, she is prized for her influence on the birth control campaign and the founding of what is now identified as Planned Parenthood, a national organization that has supported women with their sexual and reproductive health for decades. In the book “Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion” the author, Jean Baker illustrated Margaret Sanger as one of the most substantial advocates for birth control, women's privacy, and freedom in the American
Margaret Sanger was, at large, a birth control activist, but this speech was more about the questioning of birth control corrupting morality in women. People must remember, in the day and age where Sanger presented this speech, November 1921, women were considered very far from equal and much closer to servants or maids. In her speech, I saw that ethos was present in the sense that she gave herself credibility. Through Sanger’s detailed words and actions, and her statements including the presence of scientists and, or, professionals, the masses of listening people could infer that she was very well informed and solid in her statements. Though she presented herself as agreeable, Sanger was firm in her beliefs. In addition, Sanger says, “We desire to stop at its source the disease, poverty and feeble-mindedness and insanity which exist today, for these lower the standards of civilization and make for race deterioration. We know that the masses of people are growing wiser and are using their own minds to decide their individual conduct” (Sanger, par.15). To me, Sanger made herself appeal to the audience by using the word ‘we.’ In the practice of ethos, this focused on the author more than...
In her book Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs To Know, Rickie Solinger outlines the history of anti-abortion sentiment in the U.S. Solinger establishes that while abortion began to be criminalized in the mid 1800’s, it was not until the early 1900’s that abortion had been made fully illegal in the United States (Solinger 2015). The rhetoric advocating for the “protection of women” that Solinger describes is similar to much of the anti-choice rhetoric we see today. Solinger states “Arguments in favor of criminalization included the need to protect women from using poisonous abortifacients and from practitioners without medical credentials” (Solinger: 5). While these may seem like genuine concerns, they were not the main force driving
The Roaring Twenties were known as a time of economic boom, pop culture and social developments. This was a time when women began to break norms, they acted rebelliously such as wearing releveling clothing, smoking, and drinking. These women were known as “flappers” who wanted to change their roles in the 1920’s. Birth control activist, Margaret Sanger sought to change the world where women had access to a low cost, effective contraception pill. In “The Morality of Birth Control” Sanger battled opponents who claimed that contraception would cause women to become immoral. The author uses rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos, and fallacies to back up her claim while touching on issues in the church, advancements of women, and the source of disease in the world.