Help Recruit Volunteers for Pro-choice CandidatesPlanned Parenthood Action Fund
“She taught us, first, to look at the world as if women mattered.”
- Gloria Steinem on Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood’s visionary and spirited founder, was born 125 years ago yesterday.
It would be hard to exaggerate the courage of Margaret Sanger or the strength of her convictions. When she founded the American birth control movement, "Comstock laws" prohibited publication and distribution of information about sex, sexuality, contraception, and human reproduction.
And when she founded Planned Parenthood in 1916, the very notion of family planning was just beginning to take root in America. More than any other individual, Margaret Sanger helped establish the principle that a woman’s right to control her body is the foundation of all her human rights.
Today, 125 years after Margaret Sanger was born, we find ourselves in the middle of an epic struggle. On one side stand those of us passionately committed to building on the progress made so far and bringing us ever closer to the world of equality and opportunity that Margaret Sanger saw so clearly. On the other side stand those determined to drag us back to the narrow, dangerous, and unjust world into which Margaret Sanger was born.
With so much on the line right now, I hope you’ll celebrate Margaret Sanger’s achievements in a way that honors her courage and commitment.
Help Recruit Volunteers for Pro-choice Candidates
Des Moines
Phone Banking Fun!
Date: 09/20/2004
Time: 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Event Sponsors: Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Location: PPGI - 851 19th St. Des MOines
Contact: Judy Rutledge (jrutledg@ppgi.org)
Join the phone banking fun as we recruit volunteers for pro-choice legislative candidates!
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