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6. Margaret Sanger was an American nurse who became the pioneer of birth control and founder of Planned Parenthood. Sanger spent many years as a nurse attending to women who suffered from self-inflicted abortions and unplanned pregnancies. Her subsequent fight to bring physical and psychological well-being to women indeed put her in touch with all corners of American culture, including a lecturing appointment with the Women’s Auxiliary of the Klu Klux Klan to work with minority women that earned her the respect of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sanger endured severe criticism and even exile to bring young women the education and access to contraceptives that they desperately sought. Although she remains a controversial figure to this day, her work has undeniably laid the groundwork for women’s health. Watch this video to hear Sanger defend her views in an interview with Michael Wallace.
1. Mary Todd Lincoln
2. ‘War’s End Kiss’ Nurse
3. Walt Whitman
4. Edith Cavell
5. Lillian Carter
6. Margaret Sanger
