WIST Quotations

Sanger, Margaret -- “The Case for Birth Control” Physical Culture (Apr 1917)

Dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:18:17 +0000

No woman can call herself free who cannot choose the time to be a mother or not as she sees fit.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
“The Case for Birth Control” Physical Culture (Apr 1917)

Sanger, Margaret -- “The Morality of Birth Control,” speech, Park Theatre, New York (18 Nov 1921)

Dave — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:19:39 +0000

If we cannot trust woman with the knowledge of her own body, then I claim that two thousand years of Christian teaching has proved to be a failure.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
“The Morality of Birth Control,” speech, Park Theatre, New York (18 Nov 1921)

Sanger, Margaret -- Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography, ch. 32 (1938)

Dave — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:10:14 +0000

As a cause becomes more and more successful, the ideas of the people engaged in it are bound to change.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography, ch. 32 (1938)