Paper Topics - Margaret Sangers Feminist Years

Paper Topics - Margaret Sanger's Feminist YearsThe feminist movement was in its early days, when a group of educated women in the United States created the first edition of The Woman Rebel by Margaret Sanger. Sanger was one of the pioneers of the movement to help women get out of the dirty work and into the career they wanted. This book gave women an opportunity to tell their stories about their struggles for the vote, rights, and economic independence.Sanger was no longer young. She was a woman of twenty-nine who fought hard to achieve a good job with a good salary and a happy family. However, she had to be a housewife to support her family. It was difficult on her family, but this did not deter her from her cause.Sanger began her career in publishing in a small New York City shop where she began publishing a women's magazine called the Princess. The Princess was a woman's magazine for women interested in the issues of the day. She was married to the editor, Abraham Wald, until his death from a heart attack in 1924.Sanger remained active in the publishing world, but even after these accomplishments she knew she could do more to help other important women. She sought out a new career and finally found it in the field of public health.In 1922, Sanger became the director of the American Birth Control League. This organization was one of the first organizations to advocate birth control as a way to lower the number of unwanted pregnancies in the country. Her efforts paid off in that America became one of the first countries to legalize birth control.Although birth control was legalized, there were certain restrictions and Sanger was known to step outside of the legal regulations to keep her name out of the news. When a law was passed that made contraception mandatory, she worked to make sure women could not be prosecuted for using birth control. When the government passed a law to allow the use of birth control, Sanger went on the record as working with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to stop it.The birth control movement has had a large impact on American society today. A lot of women have chosen to remain unmarried, but many want to get married and raise a family. They may do so for religious reasons, but the whole concept of birth control changed many minds.Margaret Sanger's influence in the world is enormous and continues to be felt every day. Because of her efforts, there are more women in the workforce today than ever before, the number of women in the church is growing, and the majority of women choose to stay at home.