Comments on: Margaret Sanger in Context http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm The Best Blogging in History Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:44:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TomDem55 http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2631 TomDem55 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:01:08 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-2631 Chris Smith, consistantly anti choice, Sanger, a visionary, and a hero tried to help women gain control over their own bodies, Victorian Mores or whatever we may call them are still with us, politicians who are for birth, but not for health care, who are for control of women and their reproductive lives..... Chris Smith, consistantly anti choice, Sanger, a visionary, and a hero tried to help women gain control over their own bodies, Victorian Mores or whatever we may call them are still with us, politicians who are for birth, but not for health care, who are for control of women and their reproductive lives…..

]]> By: Richard Williams http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2383 Richard Williams Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:45:29 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-2383 And in a related story . . . http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100002972/what-the-hell-did-ruth-bader-ginsburg-mean-when-she-linked-abortion-and-eugenics/ And in a related story . . .

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100002972/what-the-hell-did-ruth-bader-ginsburg-mean-when-she-linked-abortion-and-eugenics/

]]> By: thomas paine http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2199 thomas paine Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:58:30 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-2199 margaret sanger was white trash, unsuitable for breeding margaret sanger was white trash, unsuitable for breeding

]]> By: Richard Williams http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1924 Richard Williams Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:19:51 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-1924 My wife and I have 6 children and 13 grandchildren. Frankly, I couldn't care less what Sanger believed about large families. While I agree there is a problem with our "soundbite society" and pulling quotes out of context, I think it is true that Sanger held some very strange views and had a darker side of which most people are unaware. My wife and I have 6 children and 13 grandchildren. Frankly, I couldn’t care less what Sanger believed about large families. While I agree there is a problem with our “soundbite society” and pulling quotes out of context, I think it is true that Sanger held some very strange views and had a darker side of which most people are unaware.

]]> By: traceymc http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1647 traceymc Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:30:42 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-1647 Dave- I'm not advocating for Sanger's sainthood. Some of the eugenics positions she held make me uneasy. Martin- I bet dinner at your house would shed some real light on the subject. Either way gents, thanks for more context. Dave-
I’m not advocating for Sanger’s sainthood. Some of the eugenics positions she held make me uneasy.

Martin-
I bet dinner at your house would shed some real light on the subject.

Either way gents, thanks for more context.

]]> By: mdula http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1458 mdula Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:41:05 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-1458 Great piece Tracey. What I found most interesting after reading that chapter was that while Sanger introduced her argument for the immorality of large families with the poorest-of-the-poor examples, she seemed equally disgusted (would she take issue with using that word to describe her opinion?) with the prospect of even materially well-off couples having large families. I also found it curious that she seemed to imply that the women of yesteryear were better suited to having large families. With children aged 4,3,and 1 (and with a teacher's salary to boot), I don't have far to imagine what her opinion of me would be. If her arguments were valid then, I would have to say, though, that perhaps they have been heeded too well. Has the ubiquitous perfect family of mom, dad, boy, and girl made us a stronger, happier, more selfless country, or has it had, in part, the opposite effect? My bet is on the latter. At any rate, I wish she were here so she could come to dinner at my place. Perhaps some Guajillo Sauce enchiladas would win her over :) Great piece Tracey.

What I found most interesting after reading that chapter was that while Sanger introduced her argument for the immorality of large families with the poorest-of-the-poor examples, she seemed equally disgusted (would she take issue with using that word to describe her opinion?) with the prospect of even materially well-off couples having large families. I also found it curious that she seemed to imply that the women of yesteryear were better suited to having large families.

With children aged 4,3,and 1 (and with a teacher’s salary to boot), I don’t have far to imagine what her opinion of me would be.

If her arguments were valid then, I would have to say, though, that perhaps they have been heeded too well. Has the ubiquitous perfect family of mom, dad, boy, and girl made us a stronger, happier, more selfless country, or has it had, in part, the opposite effect? My bet is on the latter.

At any rate, I wish she were here so she could come to dinner at my place. Perhaps some Guajillo Sauce enchiladas would win her over :)

]]> By: Dave http://greathistory.com/margaret-sanger-in-context.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1349 Dave Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:35:56 +0000 http://greathistory.com/?p=398#comment-1349 Learn what was behind these eugenic activities by watching the documentary Maafa 21. A preview of the program is available on www.maafa21.com . this film was premiered at the Capital Visitor Center's theater in DC recently, and members of Congress, along with their staff, were stunned by this powerful documentary. Learn what was behind these eugenic activities by watching the documentary Maafa 21. A preview of the program is available on http://www.maafa21.com . this film was premiered at the Capital Visitor Center’s theater in DC recently, and members of Congress, along with their staff, were stunned by this powerful documentary.

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