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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1987
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Contraception, and the Comstock Laws suppressing contraceptive
information, were widely discussed among Greenwich Village
radicals with whom Margaret Sanger lived and worked from 1911 to
1914. However, Sanger's attention was not focused upon
contraception until 1914, when she was indicted under the Comstock
Laws for birth control articles that appeared in her paper, The
Woman Rebel. Misinterpreting the nature of the charges against
her, Sanger fled to England to gain birth control knowledge.
There she met Dr. Alice Vickery, president of the British Neo-
Malthusian League. Both Vickery arrl the organization she headed
served as role models for Sanger. Through Vickery, Sanger learned
of the Malthusian League's history, and met contemporary birth
control advocates such as Stella Browne and Dr. Marie Stopes.
Their influence transformed Sanger's radicalism, narrowed her
focus, and prepared her to assume her role as leader of the
developing United States birth control movement.
information, were widely discussed among Greenwich Village
radicals with whom Margaret Sanger lived and worked from 1911 to
1914. However, Sanger's attention was not focused upon
contraception until 1914, when she was indicted under the Comstock
Laws for birth control articles that appeared in her paper, The
Woman Rebel. Misinterpreting the nature of the charges against
her, Sanger fled to England to gain birth control knowledge.
There she met Dr. Alice Vickery, president of the British Neo-
Malthusian League. Both Vickery arrl the organization she headed
served as role models for Sanger. Through Vickery, Sanger learned
of the Malthusian League's history, and met contemporary birth
control advocates such as Stella Browne and Dr. Marie Stopes.
Their influence transformed Sanger's radicalism, narrowed her
focus, and prepared her to assume her role as leader of the
developing United States birth control movement.
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Extent
135 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14368
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Date Backup
1987
Date Text
1987
Date Issued (EDTF)
1987
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FADT14368
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monographic
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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DILLBERGER, CIGI B.
Graduate College
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135 p.
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FROM WOMAN REBEL TO BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATE: MARGARET SANGER'S TRANSFORMATION, 1914-1915 (MALTHUSIAN LEAGUE, COMSTOCK LAWS)
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Origin Information
1987
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Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
FROM WOMAN REBEL TO BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATE: MARGARET SANGER'S TRANSFORMATION, 1914-1915 (MALTHUSIAN LEAGUE, COMSTOCK LAWS)
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FROM WOMAN REBEL TO BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATE: MARGARET SANGER'S TRANSFORMATION, 1914-1915 (MALTHUSIAN LEAGUE, COMSTOCK LAWS)