Facts about Margaret Sanger

Occup.Activist
FromUSA
BornSeptember 14, 1879
DiedSeptember 6, 1966
Aged86 years

Summary

Margaret Sanger was a famous Activist from USA, who lived between September 14, 1879 and September 6, 1966. He/she became 86 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by Margaret.

Related authors: Crystal Eastman (Lawyer)

14 Famous quotes by Margaret Sanger

Small: Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most.
"Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion"
Small: Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother an
"Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone"
Small: When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its chil
"When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race"
Small: Dire poverty drives this mother back again to the factory (no intelligent person will say she goes will
"Dire poverty drives this mother back again to the factory (no intelligent person will say she goes willingly)"
Small: The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the womans finer sensibility, all the
"The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding"
Small: Woman must not accept she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around h
"Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression"
Small: Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole
"Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises"
Small: She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man n
"She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it"
Small: The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it
"The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it"
Small: No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free un
"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother"
Small: War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap.
"War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted"
Small: Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts
"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts"
Small: A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is heal
"A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not desired on the part of the woman and she gives no response, it should not take place"
Small: A free race cannot be born of slave mothers
"A free race cannot be born of slave mothers"