The Margaret Sanger Papers
Margaret Sanger and The Woman Rebel
The documents gathered for this mini-edition chronicle
Margaret Sanger's publication of the radical, feminist journal, The
Woman Rebel, and her emergence as the foremost leader of the birth
control movement. The events surrounding the publication of the journal
in 1914, including Sanger's indictment for violation of federal obscenity
laws, her unlawful flight from prosecution, her 13-months in exile in Europe,
and her emotional return to New York in the fall of 1915 to face trial,
trace the inception of the birth control movement in the U.S. and mark
a pivotal time in Sanger's life. The Woman Rebel established Sanger
as a dynamic and controversial feminist voice, the leading birth control
agitator in America, and an influential international, a position she held
for the next fifty years.
Esther Katz, Editor |
Margaret Sanger and Ethel Byrne at Federal Courthouse, 1916. |
Sponsors and Supporters
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New York University |
and Records Commission |
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for the Humanities |
Rockefeller Fund |
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Foundation |
Research Challenge Fund |
And Many Individual Contributors