The Selected Papers of Margaret Sander. Vol. 1: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928

Archives of Sexual Behavior,  December, 2004  by Vern L. Bullough

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The Selected Papers of Margaret Sander. Vol. 1: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928. Edited by Esther Katz. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois, 2003, 512 pp., $65.00.

This is the first volume of a multivolume edition of archival material on Margaret Sander, the recognized founder and leader of the birth control movement in the United States (a term which she and her friends coined in 1914). She was also a leader in globalizing birth control through her part in organizing international conferences and cultivating contacts among scientists, economists, social reformers, and population leaders around the world. Interestingly, her international ...