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Subject Source: Local Inmagic Collection

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Gertrude Webb Porritt papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00123
Overview Suffragist; Birth control advocate; Author; Journalist. Papers include correspondence, minutes, historical sketches of birth control and suffrage movements, files on "delinquent women," brochures, pamphlets, and other papers chiefly related to Porritt's position as secretary of the American Birth Control League and as vice-president of the Hartford League of Women Voters, circa 1920s to 1932; as well as lectures on social problems and parliamentary law, and articles on birth control and...
Dates of Materials: 1898-1976
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Annie Gertrude Webb Porritt papers

Margaret Sanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00138
Overview Birth control advocate and nurse. Sanger, a sex reform activist, fought for women's rights to use contraceptives and founded both the national and international Planned Parenthood Federations. Papers include correspondence, writings, organizational and conference materials documenting her leadership of the American and international birth control movements. Also included are records of activities and events related to Sanger's personal life, tributes, travels, art work, family materials, audio...
Dates of Materials: 1761 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1900-1966
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Margaret Sanger papers
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