The Pivot of Civilization

Margaret Sanger (1879 - 1966)

Margaret Sanger's most important and well known work, Sanger argues through her background in medicine the relation between disease and suffering caused by unwanted pregnancies and urges for women's rights and medical rights over personal control of contraceptive remedies. Additionally, the work is controversial with its eugenic overtones and discussion of overpopulation, particularly how the two relate in controlling populations deemed "unfit".

Genre(s): Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness

Language: English

Keyword(s): politics (208), feminism (96), women's rights (24), birth control (4), women's health (3), feminist history (2), feminist movement (2)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Dedication, by Havelock Ellis BettyB
00:01:15
Play 01 Introduction, by H.G. Wells Adrian Deon
00:13:24
Play 02 Chapter I: A New Truth Emerges LesWilLang
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Play 03 Chapter I: Continued LesWilLang
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Play 04 Chapter II: Conscripted Motherhood janicwedge
00:19:34
Play 05 Chapter II: Continued janicwedge
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Play 06 Chapter III: "Children Troop Down From Heaven...." Robert H. Cherny
00:23:42
Play 07 Chapter III: Continued Robert H. Cherny
00:14:49
Play 08 Chapter IV: The Fertility of the Feeble-Minded Robert H. Cherny
00:21:13
Play 09 Chapter IV: Continued Robert H. Cherny
00:14:30
Play 10 Chapter V: The Cruelty of Charity mpinedag
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Play 11 Chapter V: Continued mpinedag
00:12:17
Play 12 Chapter VI: Neglected Factors of the World Problem Robert H. Cherny
00:18:01
Play 13 Chapter VI: Continued Robert H. Cherny
00:16:08
Play 14 Chapter VII: Is Revolution the Remedy? Robert H. Cherny
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Play 15 Chapter VII: Continued Robert H. Cherny
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Play 16 Chapter VIII: Dangers of Cradle Competition Robert H. Cherny
00:15:27
Play 17 Chapter VIII: Continued Robert H. Cherny
00:14:25
Play 18 Chapter IX: A Moral Necessity Robert H. Cherny
00:21:11
Play 19 Chapter IX: Continued Robert H. Cherny
00:22:41
Play 20 Chapter X: Science the Ally Bryan Travis
00:16:39
Play 21 Chapter X: Continued Bryan Travis
00:15:42
Play 22 Chapter XI: Education and Expression Robert H. Cherny
00:24:20
Play 23 Chapter XII: Woman and the Future Robert H. Cherny
00:25:27
Play 24 Appendix I: Principles and Aims of the American Birth Control League BettyB
00:07:08