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Dutch Methods of Birth Control

By Margaret Sanger

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Discover the controversial methods and social impact of early 20th-century birth control as one woman fights for reproductive rights and healthier families.

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2020-02-24
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"Dutch Methods of Birth Control" by Margaret Sanger is a groundbreaking book from the early 1900s that explores different ways to control family size, especially the ideas from the Neo-Malthusian League in Holland. The story focuses on the huge importance of making smart choices about having children. Sanger strongly supports planning families and taking care of women's health, which was very controversial back then. It acts like a helpful handbook, explaining different ways couples could prevent pregnancy. It also talks about how both partners should take responsibility for planning their family. Sanger shares what she learned from the Neo-Malthusian League, like how they set up clinics with trained nurses to teach women about birth control. The publication shares practical contraceptive methods that prevent pregnancy and good hygiene habits. The story makes a case for how birth control can really help society and improve health, pointing to lower baby death rates in Holland as proof that planning families makes things better for everyone.

About the Author

Margaret Higgins Sanger, also known as Margaret Sanger Slee, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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