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matibell's review
4.0
David Kennedy's work does a great job of combining a biography of Margaret Sanger with a history of the birth control movement in general. While the other, more recent biographies on Sanger tend to view her through the contemporary lenses of controversies over Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade, and the continuing debate on abortion/reproductive health, this biography predates a lot of those issues and presents an interesting history of Sanger's life that seems to largely avoid both hagiography and demonization.
I read portions of this work while researching for a paper that analyzed the relationships between Sanger herself, birth control, religious organizations, and vice laws. Though dated, this work still offers a helpful section that works through Catholic, Protestant (with about 5-10 subdivisions concerning specific denominations), and Jewish responses to birth control and their various positions on the topic. I didn't read this book cover to cover, but it still proved immensely useful in my research.
I read portions of this work while researching for a paper that analyzed the relationships between Sanger herself, birth control, religious organizations, and vice laws. Though dated, this work still offers a helpful section that works through Catholic, Protestant (with about 5-10 subdivisions concerning specific denominations), and Jewish responses to birth control and their various positions on the topic. I didn't read this book cover to cover, but it still proved immensely useful in my research.
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