- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications (May 11 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0486434923
- ISBN-13: 978-0486434926
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.1 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #823,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A pioneer in the battle to establish birth control as a basic human right and a founder of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Sanger — a nurse who witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of unwanted pregancy
— triumphed over arrest, indictment, and exile. Her autobiography is a classic of women's studies.
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Margaret Sanger, a great woman,
By Annie Folgerton (Hawthorne, California (Home of Beach Boys and MM)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger (Paperback)
Growing up the daughter of a practicing lay midwife in the middle of the Hippie Era, I have seen the consequences of not planning ahead before making babies. Margaret Sanger is a great historical figure for everyone, female and male alike, and her memory has been unfairly sullied by funamentalist ninnies and misogynists. I wholly support her vision, with the proviso that because of the increase in average lifespan because of modern medicine, none of us, even the fittest, can breed indiscriminately, and it's even more critical that people with genetic health issues as well as people whose families haven't fit into society very well exercise the better part of valor and refrain from reproducing.
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Autobiographers do not make good historians.,
By old hippo (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger (Paperback)
To interpret yourself and hope everyone after you swallows your interpretation was the wistful hope of this author. What a stark comparison between the Margaret Sanger of this autobiography and the real Margaret Sanger! What the world remembers is that her family planning clinics were usually located in Black neighborhoods. Ms. Sanger doesn't consciously disclose the connection between Darwinian Evolution and her campaign to reduce the birth rate among peoples she considered to be inferior, of lower intelligence, poor or poorly bred.Go to a real historian like George Grant for the full story. (Grant is as readable as a good story-teller.) >Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood<, a book he wrote in 1988, tells what Margaret Sanger was really like.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Exhaustively detailed autobiography,
By Ronan Rooney - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger (Paperback)
Margaret Sanger's autobiography is a long, detailed account of the woman's life told from her own perspective. In her lifetime, Sanger encountered countless women, burdened by poverty and many mouths to feed, begging to hear the "secret" method to prevent pregnancy. Sanger's campaign took her across the nation and the continents, often times running a step ahead of church and legal authorities.I learned a great deal about the fight for birth control than I had ever thought possible. I learned that Sanger abhorred abortion while embracing contraception as a means to prevent conception. Ironically, I think this would exclude her from both of today's pro-life and pro-choice sides. An interesting autobiography of a remarkable woman and an important document on the public health struggles at the turn of the twentieth century. 28 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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As much as religious conservatives want to villify Sanger,
By mbz "mbz" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger (Paperback)
...the reality is that she fought hard to make access to BASIC contraceptive information available to ALL families--wealthy, middle-class, poor, immigrant, WASP, African-American, etc.Her battle against Anthony Comstock's puritanical Comstock Law--which made it illegal to give a pamphlet to a woman explaining basic menstruation--is legendary. Her article "Comstockery in America," written in 1915 and discussed in this book, highlighted the campaign by government officials to keep basic information out of the hands of the average person. Special interest groups have created a campaign over the past 20 years to smear Sanger as a eugenicist, writing books that are published by biased publishing companies as part of a clear agenda. This autobiography stands on its own as one woman's story about her work to spread basic information to families who asked for it. 11 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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know your history,
By ggt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger (Paperback)
It is difficult for women of today to understand a time when knowledge of basic biology was denied them. We don't know the fear of producing children which we are not healthy enough to produce or care for.Before you it in judgement of Margaret Sanger or any feminist, read your history. Learn how laws were written and interpreted 100 years ago and realize how much things have changed because of such women. |
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