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Author Baker, Jean H.

Title Margaret Sanger : a life of passion / Jean H. Baker.

Imprint New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    92 Sanger,M BAK    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Margaret Higgins, daughter of Corning -- Mrs. William Sanger of Hastings-on-Hudson -- Comrade Sanger -- Creating Margaret Sanger -- On trial -- The birth control review -- Voyages -- Spreading the word -- All things fade -- World leader -- Epilogue : later years.
Summary In this lively new biography, an historian argues convincingly that Margaret Sanger deserves the vaunted place in feminist history she once held. Baker's nuanced account of Sanger's life emphasizes the passion of her convictions.
Subject Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966.
Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Birth control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780809094981 (cloth : alk. paper)
0809094983 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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