Margaret Sanger: "Every Child a Wanted Child"

by Nancy Whitelaw

In the early 20th century, birth control was considered immoral. Margaret Sanger set out to change that law. As a nurse, public health advocate, writer, organizer and rebel she worked tirelessly to gain for women the right to control their own bodies.

168 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 1994

Reviews

[Beverly Diehl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ordered this up from the library not realizing it was written for middle school age children. As such, many of the racier details of Sanger's life are glossed over or omitted, but it does give a broad foundation as to why she was an important historical figure, and what her accomplishments were. There are also some nice quality photos and reprints of some of her handbills, which I enjoyed viewing, that are not included in some of the other biographies.

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am ashamed to admit that I really knew nothing about Margaret Sanger. It was a casual comment made by someone I knew that led me to investigate this woman. The comment was something to the effect that Sanger contributed to keeping the poor downtrodden, which seemed a bit off the rails to me. So, I grabbed this book from the shelf of my local library to learn about Sanger.

Sadly, I believe the book is written for middle school age children so I am sure some things were glossed over, but what I read was fascinating. You go Sanger!

I had no idea she contributed so much to a modern, socially acceptable view of birth control. I am interested enough that I would like to read a more mature and thorough biography.

[dianne b. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Such a wonderful, radical, juicy, courageous life told in the most pedantic possible way.