HIST 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Margaret Sanger, Gary B. Nash, Angela Davis
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Hist 1502 lecture 13- progressives, democracy, humanity, and scientific management. Gary nash: people of the present use events from the past. Margaret sanger: some see her as honorable and that she deserves praise and recognition, others see her as disgusting and racist. Us thought it was immoral, criminal, made them illegal. Poor women= impregnated, couldn"t afford to stop it, usually had around 10 children. Would be beneficial to control their family and how many children they had. Sent a pamphlet in the mail, opened a family planning clinic (planned parenthood) and was arrested. Judge ruled that people who were being put in jail for using condoms was unjust due to margaret sanger"s. Advocate of contraceptives rather than terminating the child. We want to exterminate the negro population -margaret sanger. Said white supremacy was wrong, and employed african americans. Most well-known advocate for democracy: web dubois.
