In 1921 Margaret Sanger formed the American Birth Control League which became known as “Planned Parenthood Federation of America” in 1942. She was born on September 14 in 1879, in Corning, New York and died in 1966. Margaret was a birth control activist and also a nurse. She established the first control clinic which hired only female staff. She was arrested and sent to jail along …show more content…
Her name was Jane Addams. She was a huge influence in that time on American citizens. She was born on September 6, 1860 in Illinois and died in 1935. She did many things to turn America towards theirs most serious problems at the time and try to solve them. Jane Addams consistently tried to warn the country that one of the biggest problems were mother problems. Problems such as a need for children and local health. She was a sociologist, public philosopher and a leader both in world peace and women’s suffrage. Many US citizens remember her as the social work profession founder in the …show more content…
Florence was born on March 23, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1966. When her career reached its biggest success she advocated an end to wars. She was steps away from becoming the member of the Supreme Court but the male judges disagreed about that possibility and she wasn’t nominated.
In 1940, Margaret Chase Smith was elected to substitute her husband's place in the US Congress and so became the first female to serve in the Senate and the House of Representatives. One of her most famous doings was the speech that she gave in which she criticized the ideas and tactics of McCarthyism. The speech was called “Declaration of Conscience. In the mentioned speech she stated that the American people have the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest and the right of independent thought. This speech was held approximately four months after the “Wheeling Speech” given and written by Joe McCarthy and gained a lot of dislikes by the