Family Limitation

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Family Limitation is a 1914 pamphlet by birth control activist Margaret Sanger that provided some of the earliest widely distributed practical information on contraception in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf birth control pamphlet
pamphlet
addresses methods to limit family size
aimedTo provide practical contraceptive knowledge to laypeople
reduce unwanted pregnancies
associatedWithMovement birth control movement in the United States
associatedWithPerson Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED
author Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED
controversialFor open advocacy of contraception
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs one of the earliest widely distributed practical guides to contraception in the United States
distributionMethod clandestine distribution
mail distribution
focusesOn family planning
methods of birth control
genre educational literature
health manual
hasEdition revised editions in later years
historicalPeriod early 20th century
influenced public debate on birth control in the United States
influencedBy Margaret Sanger's nursing experience with unwanted pregnancies
intendedAudience married women
working-class women
language English
legalContext published under U.S. Comstock laws restricting contraceptive information
mainSubject birth control
contraception
placeInAuthorCareer one of Margaret Sanger's earliest major publications
provides practical information on contraception
publicationStatus self-published
publicationYear 1914
relatedMovement women's reproductive rights movement
relatedWork Woman and the New Race NERFINISHED

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Margaret Sanger notableWork Family Limitation