Ποιος χρονολόγησε Margaret Sanger;
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Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger (née Higgins; September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the birth control movement.
In the early 1900s, contraceptives, abortion, and even birth control literature were illegal in much of the U.S.. Working as a nurse in the slums of New York City, Sanger often treated mothers desperate to avoid conceiving additional children, many of whom had resorted to back-alley abortions. Sanger was a first-wave feminist and believed that women should be able to decide if and when to have children, leading her to campaign for the legalization of contraceptives. As an adherent of the eugenics movement, she argued that birth control would reduce the number of unfit people and improve the overall health of the human race. She was also influenced by Malthusian concerns about the detrimental effects of overpopulation.
To promote birth control, Sanger gave speeches, wrote books, and published periodicals. Sanger deliberately flouted laws that prohibited distribution of information about contraceptives, and was arrested eight times. Her activism led to court rulings that legalized birth control, including one that enabled physicians to dispense contraceptives; and another – Griswold v. Connecticut – which legalized contraception, without a prescription, for couples nationwide.
Sanger established a network of dozens of birth control clinics across the country, which provided reproductive health services to hundreds of thousands of patients. She discouraged abortion, and her clinics never offered abortion services during her lifetime. She founded several organizations dedicated to family planning, including Planned Parenthood and International Planned Parenthood Federation. In the early 1950s, Sanger persuaded philanthropists to provide funding for biologist Gregory Pincus to develop the first birth control pill. She died in Arizona in 1966.
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Ο Χέρμπερτ Τζορτζ Γουέλς (Herbert George Wells, 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 1866 – 13 Αυγούστου 1946), συνήθως γνωστός ως Χ. Τζ. Γουέλς (H. G. Wells) ήταν Άγγλος συγγραφέας, γνωστός κυρίως για τα έργα του στον χώρο της επιστημονικής φαντασίας. Ο Γουέλς, μαζί με τον Ιούλιο Βερν, αναφέρεται μερικές φορές ως ο "Πατέρας της Επιστημονικής Φαντασίας".
Ο Γουέλς είναι γνωστός σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα κυρίως για τα βιβλία του στον τομέα της επιστημονικής φαντασίας, αλλά έχει επίσης γράψει πολλά ρεαλιστικά μυθιστορήματα που εξακολουθούν να είναι δημοφιλή στον αγγλόφωνο κόσμο. Ήταν πολυγραφότατος συγγραφέας σε διάφορα είδη, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των σύγχρονων μυθιστορημάτων, καθώς και του ιστορικού και κοινωνικού σχολιασμού.ήταν ενεργός σοσιαλιστής και πασιφιστής, με τα ύστερα έργα του να παρουσιάζονται όλο και περισσότερο πολιτικά και διδακτικά. Τα μυθιστορήματα της μέσης περιόδου του (1900-1920) ήταν πιο ρεαλιστικά και κάλυπταν τη ζωή της χαμηλότερης μέσης τάξης (Η Ιστορία του Κ. Πόλι), καθώς και τη Νέα Γυναίκα και τις Σουφραζέτες (Αν Βερόνικα).
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