8 feb 1916 anni - Birth Control

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1916

Feb 11 Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control. She is accused of violating the Comstock Act of 1873, which made it a federal offense to disseminate contraceptive devices and information through the mail or across state lines. Goldman had spent time working as a nurse and midwife among the poor.

Oct 16 In the United States, Margaret Sanger opens the country's first birth control clinic, a forerunner of Planned Parenthood.

1919

Dec 21 Emma Goldman, age 46, is a US citizen born in Lithuania when it was part of the Russian Empire. She had been in prison for encouraging people to resist the draft. Philosophically she is an anarchist strongly committed to individualism. Justice Department agent J Edgar Hoover has recently described her as one of the two most dangerous individuals in the United States. Today she is deported with 248 others on a ship to Russia.

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