Early Life...

When Margaret Sanger was growing up in the 1880's, she saw her mom go through situations that bothered her to the extent. She was born in Corning, New York where she was the 6th of 11 children. Her mother, Anne Higgins went through 18 pregnancies with 11 live births. The other 7 being miscarriages. After having so many pregnancies her mother got cervical cancer and tuberculosis and died on March 31, 1896. Because of her mothers illness before that, Margaret spent her teen life raising and taking care of her siblings. Her father wasn't around much, but he was also a part of women's suffrage.

Sanger attended Claverack College, and her sisters paid for her tuition. She also was enrolled at a nursing program and married her husband, William Sanger. A little while after that, she was also diagnosed with tuberculosis and moved to Saranac, NY because of health reasons. In 1903 she had her first child. In 1912, Sanger's house burnt down and her and her family moved to Manhattan. Right after that, she started a column in the New York Times called "What Every Girl Should Know". She was sent to jail numerous times because of actions like that one.

Margaret Sanger's whole theory was that woman should be able to decide when a pregnancy is best for them. That is why birth control was highly in her favor. That way, woman can enjoy sexual relations without the fear of getting pregnant when they are not ready. There's a point in your life where you are ready for pregnancy, and woman who just weren't ready yet had huge issues.

She moved to New York in 1910, and worked with woman who were frequently pregnant and having serious health issues because self induced abortions. They did that because they couldn't get abortions, or couldn't prevent themselves from getting pregnant without NOT having sex. She experienced a major eye opener when she was called to her friends apartment, not only to have found her friend dead because of self induced abortions and all the bad consequences that come along with that.