Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources "Disorder in Court as Sanger Is Fined." New York Times 11 Sept. 1915: n. pag. Print.

This is a primary source that was printed whist Mr.Sanger was going through his trial. He was arrested for distributing Family Limitation written by his wife. This states how the people in the courtroom felt he was unjustly treated. This helps show how Americans felt they had a right to this knowledge. Douglas, Emily Taft. Pioneer of the Future Margaret Sanger. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1960. Print. This book is an overview of Margaret Sanger's life. Thanks to this book, we are have a look into what others thought of Sanger and her work. Pioneer of the Future Margaret Sanger not only helps inform us about Margaret Sanger herself, but gives us a look into what Emily Douglas thought of Sanger's enduring fight. Hemschmeyer, Hattie. Rev. of The Margaret Sanger Story and the Fight for Birth Control, by Lawrence Lader. American Journal of Nursing 55.Nov. (1955): n. pag. Print. This source was printed in 1955, during Sangers fight. The article explains how sanger made connections to not only birth, but to a larger scale of things. The article helps show how others were interpreting Sanger's fight. Kevles, Daniel J. "Sex without Fear." New York Times 1919: n. pag. Print. This article was released in 1919, making it a useful primary source. This article helps enlighten the ideas of how sex, poverty, and birth control are all related. We are reminded of her arrest, and our eyes are opened up to the consequences of sex. Lader, Lawrence. "The Scandal of Abortion Laws." New York Times: n. pag. Print. This primary source was used to explain how scarce abortions in the United States were. Often times

women could possibly die having an abortion. Only specialized doctors could perform the abortions. Body judges came to the conclusion to prescribe abortions to those who needed to preserve their mental or physical health. The article also mentions how the majority of abortions are given to single girls. Laws concerning Birth Control. C.F.R. Print. This source includes the laws of birth control from the late 1800's and early 1900's. The laws include all the states position regarding birth control and women's rights. The source also provides details about the abortions and miscarriages produces in that particularly state. Murphree, Vanessa, and Karla K. Gower. " Making Birth Control Respectable the Birth Control Review." Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (1917): 1-3. Print. This source was published in 1917, when Sanger was 38 years old. The source is a review over Sanger's "Birth Control Review." In this article there are arguments defending Sanger's ideas and supporting the repeal of the Comstock Act. Rohde, Stephen F. "Sanger Vs. Comstockery." New York Times: n. pag. Print. This source is considered primary because it was written when Margaret Sanger was put on trial for her public speaking about birth control. The article mentions why she was put on trial and some of the consequences that it came with. The article also states the other articles Margaret Sanger had written regarding birth control, and also that they too had violated the Comstock Act. Sanger, Margaret. Margaret Sanger; An Autobiography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Print. - - -. "National Security and Birth Control." Forum and Century 93: 1-3. Rpt. in Americal Periodicals. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print. This journal gives the insight about the legal

issue regarding birth control and spread of conception through articles. Margaret explains the legal matter of how it's prohibited to even possess an article that is about conception. The fines could range from $2,000 to $5,000 or imprisonment. The journal also mentions the birth of a child also puts a financial burden on the family, especially those have unemployed family members. - - -. "'No Gods, No Masters': Margaret Sanger on Birth Control." History Matter. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5084/>. This is a primary source explaining what Margaret Sanger was defending and how she was taking action. She defends women and tells readers how a woman's body belongs to the themselves and should be able to have control over it. In the article, Margaret Sanger tries to explain how women need sexual education and how it effects their body. - - -. "The Woman Rebel" and the Fight for Birth Control. Apr. 1916. MS. Record of the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Acts Activities, New York Archives. This is another distinctive source written by Margaret Sanger Herself. This is a story about whet she has seen over the years as a trained nurse. This articles helped us see on a medical side the positives of having different forms of contraceptives. - - -. Women and Birth Control. N.p.: n.p., 1929. Print. This is a unique source due the fact it was written by Margaret Sanger. This was one of the informational pieces Sanger handed out in hope to help inform women. We used this source to help further get across Sangers ideas about birth control, and how Sanger worked to give women the right to information. Stone, Hannah M. "Birth Control Wins." New York Nation: 1-3. Print. This source is used as a primary source because it states what steps the state took in going forth with birth

control. The article mentions how different doctors and took part in the conference about contraceptive practice. Not only were the doctors involved, but also Margaret Sanger herself. She called upon more investigation and research for the ongoing movement of birth control. The United States of Americal v. Margaret Sanger. Slip op. 1-4. Print. The court case states the position the defendant (Margaret Sanger) stands, and where the opinion of the United States also stands. The case states the reasoning of putting Margaret Sanger on trial. The court wanted to put a stop to the distribution of pamphlets and articles regarding conception. The court had mentioned the "Women Rebel" to be "obscene," "lewd," "filthy," and "indecent." Secondary Sources Crowe, Felicity, et al., eds. Sex and Society. London: Marshall Cavendish, 2010. Print. Vol. 2 of Sex and Society. 3 vols. This book is used to help connect how Sanger's fight help women today. Thanks to this source we have composed a list of the different forms of birth control available today. Also, this book has statistics showing how many people are taking advantage of these forms of these contraceptives. Enriquez, Lauren. "10 Eye-opening Quotes from Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger." Life News. Life News, 11 Mar. 2013. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. <3.thttp://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/11/10-eye-opening-quotes-from-plannedparenthood-founder-margaret-sanger/>. This website is a compilation of unique quotes from Margaret Sanger. The quotes found on this site shows how her fight and thoughts have developed over time. By using this compilation of quotes, we were able to get an

overall idea of how Sanger's thoughts transformed based on prior knowledge of a timeline depicting key events of Sanger's fight. Filene, Peter G. "The Birth of Birth Control." New York Times 26 Feb. 1978: n. pag. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. This article provides knowledge of birth preventatives form the 19th century. Following methods and fights for the use of these methods are also explained in this article. We used this source to help us find different books to look at, as well as different contraception activists that helped the American people gain the right to use contraceptives. Gray, Madaline. "Margaret Sanger: A Biography of the Champion of Birth Control." American Heritage. Ed. Richard Marek. Vers. 5. American Heritage, 2011. Web. 4 Oct. 2013. <http://www.americanheritage.com/content/margaret-sanger-biography-champion-birthcontrol>. This source is a brief biography of Margaret Sanger's life. In this biography, we hear statements about Sanger from doctors full of admiration towards this rights activist. This source also gives us a look into how Sanger felt about her sister's involvement, as well as others who influenced Sanger. Holz, Rose. "Nurse Gordon on Trial: Those Early Days of the Birth Control Clinic Movement Reconsidered." Journal of Social History: Oxford Journals 39.Autumn (2005): 112-40. JSTOR. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. This article gives us insight to how different revolutionaries, other than just Margaret Sanger, treated the situation of birth control. We read about Nurse Gordon, and her efforts towards handling this delicate situation. This source is useful because it helps put into perspective how radical some of the efforts concerning the ability to share the right to use contraceptives.

Lader, Lawrence, and Milton Meltzer. Margaret Sanger Pioneer of Birth Control. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1969. N. pag. Print. This book is another source that helps us get a look into other people's views of Sanger. We used this to increase overall knowledge of Sanger. We saw how other's helped Sanger with her fight, and how other popular topics of the time period helped with the fight to let everyone have the right to knowledge of types of birth control. Laduke, Aaron J., ed. Living through the Sex Revolution. Detroit: Bonnie Scumski, 2006. Print. Vol. 5 of Living through the Cold War. 8 vols. This book was used to help us increase our overall awareness of the time period. This showed us what living through the transition into gaining the right to knowledge took place. The book describes what it was life was like without the availability to an array of contraceptives compared to now having the right to use different contraceptives responsibly. Losure, Mary. "'Motherhood Protection' and the Minnesota Birth Control League." Minnesota Historical Society Winter 1995: 360-61. JSTOR. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. <http://www.jstore.com/stable/20187952>. This is a special source because it gives us an example of how one specific state handled the topic of birth control. Minnesota created their own birth control league to discuss this popular topic of contraceptives. This article shows us how states created loopholes in their laws toward birth control. "Margaret Sanger." 2013. The Biography Channel website. 06 Oct 2013. <http://www.biography.com/people/margaret-sanger-9471186>. This website gives us a synopsis of Margaret Sanger's life. This source was used to retrieve a timeline of works written by Sanger. This site was also used to help retrieve a basic knowledge of what

drove Sanger to put forth such an effort to give women the right to be able to make decisions about their bodies. "Margaret Sanger." U.S. History. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://www.u-shistory.com/pages/h1676.html>. This website allowed us to gain more information about Sanger's background. Our use of this source allowed us to find out more about Sanger's childhood, and family growing up. Other information from this site that has helped us includes the reasoning behind Sanger challenging the 1873 Federal Comstock Law, as well as the story of Sanger's flee to England to avoid the spotlight. "Margaret Sanger Quotes, History, and Biography." Live Action. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. <http://liveaction.org/research/margaret-sanger-quotes-history-and-biography>. This source provides us with several quotes from Sanger to use in our website. The use of this source helped us gain knowledge of Sanger's family life, and her opening of the opening of the first birth control center in America. This source opened our eyes to negative undertones of the fight toward birth control, and the derogative terms Sanger used to describe the less-fortunate. Murphree, Vanessa, and Karla K. Gower. "Mission Accomplished: Margaret Sanger and the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control 1929-1937." American Journalism Historians Association (2008): 7-9. Print. This is an article looking back on Margaret Sanger's role in the fight towards birth control. This source is useful because it highlights how specific events influenced Sanger's battle. The article tells about how things have changed with the help of radicals such as Sanger, and how things would be different had these people not made it their responsibility, and protested for their rights.

Nikolchev, Alexandra. "A Brief History of the Birth Control Pill." Need to Know. PBS, 7 May 2010. Web. 4 Oct. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/a-brief-historyof-the-birth-control-pill/480/>. This source is exclusively used for background knowledge. The website is a large timeline of all events that helped lead up to the availability of the birth control pill. This source allows us to see how Sanger's involvement in this revolution helped in the grand scheme of the development of "the pill". Potts, Malcolm. "Birth Control Methods in the United States." Family Planning Perspectives 20.6 (1988): 288-97. JSTOR. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. This article is extremely useful to us in several ways. We are provided the background information to all forms of birth control available in the United States as of the year 1988. This is useful due to the fact that the article describes when these forms of prevention came about, and how previous events helped lead towards the availability of these items. Sen, Ilan. "Feminists, Women's Movement, and the Working Class." Economic and Political Weekly 22 July 1989: 1639-41. JSTOR. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/4395103>. This source is an article all about the women's rights movement. This source gave us an overall look and not only the fight for birth control, but the fight for women's rights as an overall. This helped us be able to compare the struggle to birth control rights to other struggles women have faced to try and receive equal rights. Zeidman, Mara. "New Birth Control Pill Stirs Both Hope and Controversy." Women's Center [Binghamton] 28 Feb. 1987: n. pag. GenderWatch. Web. 15 Nov. 2013. This article talks about the, at the time, new form of birth control, the morning after pill. This pill caused

both excitement, and controversy. We used this source to help show that new forms of contraception are being made available for responsible use thanks to those of whom that stood up to give women the right to have knowledge and access to different forms of pregnancy preventions.