Birth control
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There are certain things in life that we humans have become used to. One such thing is birth control. Its existence or availability to us is of great importance. But we rarely wonder what made birth control exist or who was the cause for its existence. As we all know nothing just appears like that out of the blue. For an instance civil rights for blacks would have not existed if it weren't for Martin Luther King. The same goes for birth control. But this time it is Margaret Sagner who fought for its legalization.
Margaret Sagner was a nurse living in New York in the early 19th century. She lived during a time when Victorian beliefs were still strong, and talk about sex, sexual anatomy, or contraceptives were not appropriate...