jan 1, 1916 - Margaret Sanger
Description:
She was a nurse and leading advocate for birth control for women. She argued that birth control would prevent unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions and improve a woman's quality of life. She opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in 1916, but the police quickly closed it down. She was the first person to bring women's health and reproduction rights to the forefront of American social policy debates.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1916
Now
~ 109 years ago