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Margaret Sanger was a 19th-century American birth control activist and nurse. Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Read more on Wikipedia →

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