{"title":"Margaret Sanger","authors":"M. Sanger","doi":"10.7551/mitpress/12479.003.0017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This attitude would gradually change due to the tireless efforts of Margaret Sanger. As a young woman, Sanger had witnessed the death of her mother at the age of 43 after delivering 11 children. Sanger herself had felt trapped and unfulfilled as a wife and mother. As a nurse she witnessed the plight of poor women who were unable to support unplanned children and afford proper medical care. In addition, she often witnessed the results of desperate attempts at illegal abortions.","PeriodicalId":350467,"journal":{"name":"Activists Under Surveillance","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Activists Under Surveillance","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12479.003.0017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
This attitude would gradually change due to the tireless efforts of Margaret Sanger. As a young woman, Sanger had witnessed the death of her mother at the age of 43 after delivering 11 children. Sanger herself had felt trapped and unfulfilled as a wife and mother. As a nurse she witnessed the plight of poor women who were unable to support unplanned children and afford proper medical care. In addition, she often witnessed the results of desperate attempts at illegal abortions.