Margaret Sanger, as a nurse and activist, worked on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1900s with immigrant women. What was the focus of her work?
a. Sanitation to prevent disease transmission
b. Health education for children
c. Providing nursing care to underserved African-American families
d. Safe contraception and family planning for women
ANS: D
A
Sanitation to prevent disease transmission may have been part of her work in her early years, but Sanger devoted her life to the birth control movement and became a national figure in that cause.
B
Health education for children may have been part of her work in her early years, but Sanger devoted her life to the birth control movement and became a national figure in that cause.
C
Providing nursing care to underserved African-American families may have been part of her work in her early years, but Sanger devoted her life to the birth control movement and became a national figure in that cause.
D
Margaret Sanger, inspired by the death of an immigrant woman from a self-attempted abortion, became determined to teach women about birth control.
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