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Margaret Sanger VS. Mary Dennett (Margaret Sanger (Took…
Margaret Sanger VS. Mary Dennett
Mary Dennett
Cofounded the National Birth Control League in 1915
Strongly promoted the availability of information and services related to birth control/women's health
Published extensively in The Birth Control view while Sanger was abroad in Europe
Created extensive sexual education pamphlets intended to educate the youth seeing as there was no satisfactory literature dealing with the act/biological side of sex
Founded the Voluntary Parenthood League after her success in the National Birth Control League began to significantly dwindle
This organization became the rival to Sanger's Birth Control League, opposing each other although fighting for the same ultimate cause
Active in lobbying against laws that prevented women from accessing birth control information
Fought for a national repeal of the Comstock Laws, as as opposed to Sanger's state by state legislative approach
Never succeeded in getting her legislative goals passed, due much to the fact that Margaret Sanger spent a lot of time/energy fighting Dennett's efforts
Margaret Sanger
Took a strong stance for negative eugenics, advocating that those deemed unfit should not be able to reproduce, in an attempt to strengthen the human race
Even published pieces publicly endorsing her perspective on selective breeding within the human race
Acted as the lead publicist of the Birth Control Review, until fleeing to Europe
Gained much of her perspectives concerning methods of contraception during her time in Europe
Established the first ever family planning clinic in the US in Brooklyn in 1916
Her arrest shortly after its opening sparked ample debate/discussion surrounding contraception and it's importance in US society
Strongly opposed Mary Dennett, perhaps because she saw the birth control movement as something that she had primarily created, and had issues with giving up any sort of control over it
In the grand scheme of the birth control movement, it is extremely disappointing to see such a strong leader like Sanger, refuse to form a coalition with Dennett, another strong leader, who was actually fighting for the same ultimate goal that Sanger was. While it's true that we still see these issues of inability to form coalitions for similar causes, that doesn't make it any less disappointing
Worked extensively with the African American community, helping a clinic to be successfully established in Harlem
This is extremely interesting considering Sanger's clearly expressed opinions concerning negative eugenics. I'm curious as to how this fact may have influenced her.