A review by ipanzica
The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger

5.0

A book that exposes the harsh reality and conditions that both poor and middle-class women and children were subjected to at the time. Some of the topics it covers are the lack of maternity leave, infant mortality rates, lack of childcare forcing women into almost slavelike lives, lack of sexual education, lack of any education, and child labor. Some of these harsh realities and conditions have been addressed and improved since the book was published, but most of these problems still exist on some type of level. For example, literacy rates have gone up significantly since then but the US is still lagging behind other countries in education.

Overall I find this book to be a must-read since while the topic is grim, it does inspire hope for the future. Since if we were able to make so much progress since the book was written, we can continue to make the world a better place for everyone to live in.