1920 · New York
by Sanger, Margaret
New York: Truth Publishing Company, 1920. Very Good/Very Good +. 234pp. Octavo [20cm]. Bound in blue cloth, with title and author stamped in dark blue ink on spine and front board. Mild bumping to spine ends and extremities. Toning to front endpapers. Dust jacket is mildly chipped, with a few small losses, and there is toning to the front flap. Laid in, publisher issued mailing address for Margaret Sanger. This is an early reissue. The first edition of this title was published by Brentano's in 1920.
Margaret Sanger is credited as the founder of Planned Parenthood, having established multiple organizations that ultimately evolved into the modern day nonprofit. In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. She also wrote frankly about women's reproductive rights, a topic considered innapropriate for public discourse at the time. In this title, she gives "new, practical constructive ideas on the limitation of offspring that are startling only because other writers have lacked the vision and the courage to set them forth. (Inventory #: 67795)
Margaret Sanger is credited as the founder of Planned Parenthood, having established multiple organizations that ultimately evolved into the modern day nonprofit. In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. She also wrote frankly about women's reproductive rights, a topic considered innapropriate for public discourse at the time. In this title, she gives "new, practical constructive ideas on the limitation of offspring that are startling only because other writers have lacked the vision and the courage to set them forth. (Inventory #: 67795)