Birth Control Review, The. Vol. VIII No. 6 and Vol. IX No. 9, boxed with inaugural issue (Feb. 1917). slipcased with 4507
Sanger, Margaret, editor. The Birth Control Review. Official Organ of the American Birth Control League. Four Steps to our Goal—Agitation, Education, Organization, Legislation. Vol. VIII; No. 6. June, 1924.
4to.; white wrappers; black and white photograph on front cover; stapled; edges lightly soiled.
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Sanger, Margaret, editor. The Birth Control Review. Official Organ of the American Birth Control League. For Steps to our Goal—Agitation, Education, Organization, Legislation. Vol. IX., No. 9. September, 1925.
4to.; white wrappers; black and white photograph on front cover; stapled; panels lightly soiled.
Two issues of Sanger’s Review, founded by her in 1917; that first issue was published under the banner: “Dedicated to the Principles of Intelligent and Voluntary Motherhood.” At some point before the 1924 issue, the American Birth Control League, under Sanger’s leadership, assumed the financial responsibilities from the journal—during its first eight years the publication grew from 16 pages in 1917 to 271 pages in 1925). The American Birth Control League, founded by Sanger in 1921, advocated the necessity of fertility control and the establishment of birth control clinics. Shortly after, Sanger organized a rally at Town Hall in New York City, which was interrupted and dispersed by the police, gaining the League much needed national attention.
The League, under the auspices of the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, was responsible for researching and administering innovative birth control, such as diaphragms and lactic-acid jelly; the organization also advertised for physicians who were willing to dispense birth control liberally. Such efforts led to the eventual acceptance of birth control devices and to declining birth rates.
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