【美国人物志】玛格丽特·桑格 (5/10)

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Margaret Sanger 玛格丽特•桑格：
        (1883～1966)，美国护士和作家，发起了美国的计划生育运动，组织了第一届世界人口大会。
        Hints：
        The Woman Rebel
        New York
        Comstock Act
        Sanger
        Margaret
        Europe
        Family Limitation
        the United States
The Woman Rebel became well-known in New York and elsewhere. Laws at that time banned the mailing of materials considered morally bad. This included any form of birth control information. The law was known as the Comstock Act. Officials ordered Sanger to stop sending out her newspaper. Sanger instead wrote another birth control document called Family Limitation. The document included detailed descriptions of birth control methods. In August, 1914, Margaret Sanger was charged with violating the Comstock Act. Margaret faced a prison sentence of as many as 45 years if found guilty. She fled to Europe to escape the trial. She asked friends to release thousands of copies of Family Limitation. The document quickly spread among women across the United States. It started a public debate about birth control. The charges against Sanger also increased public interest in her and in women's issues.