Handbill advertising Sanger's first clinic, Brooklyn, New York (October 1916), reprinted in in Jill Lepore "Birthright: What's next for Planned Parenthood" The New Yorker (November 14, 2011), p. 48. (Original document)
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MOTHERS!
Can you afford to have a large family?
Do you want any more children?
If not, why do you have them?
DO NOT KILL, DO NOT TAKE LIFE, BUT PREVENT
Safe, Harmless Information can be obtained of trained nurses at
46 AMBOY STREET.
— Margaret Sanger
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Can you afford to have a large family?
Do you want any more children?
If not, why do you have them?
DO NOT KILL, DO NOT TAKE LIFE, BUT PREVENT
Safe, Harmless Information can be obtained of trained nurses at
46 AMBOY STREET." in the context of "Handbill advertising Sanger's first clinic, Brooklyn, New York (October 1916), reprinted in in Jill Lepore "Birthright: What's next for Planned Parenthood" The New Yorker (November 14, 2011), p. 48. (Original document)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Margaret Sanger
Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, feminist, and eugenicist who opened the first birth control clinic in the United States and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
About Margaret Sanger
Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, feminist, and eugenicist who 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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