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Fania Mindell, Harold Hersey, Marian BloomPhotograph shows Fania Mindell (left), who worked with Margaret Sanger at the first birth control clinic in the United States, Harold Hersey…
Margaret SangerPhotograph shows Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) who was found guilty of violating the state penal code by operating the first birth control clinic on…
[Editorial cartoon showing a "self-appointed guardian of the public morals" about to club a woman addressing a crowd with a birth control banner. Nov. 1918]
The birth control trial in NYC. [Mrs. Sanger in front of the Court of Special Sessions in Brooklyn with several mothers who came to her aid. 1915]
Marines Being Laid to RestOn a leaden morning this picture represents a number of marines being buried on Oahu following the attacks from the Japanese.
Birth control : what it is, how it works, what it will do : the proceedings of the first American birth control conference held at the Hotel Plaza, New York, November 11, 12, 1921.
Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad",…
St. Anthony Comstock, the Village nuisanceIllustration shows Anthony Comstock as a monk thwarting shameless displays of excessive flesh, whether that of women, horses, or dogs, with a "Jane…
Pioneers of birth control in England and America.
French periodical pillsAdvertisment by Dr. L. Monroe in the Boston daily times newspaper for "French periodical pills" for regulation of "the monthly turns of females."