Artifact
Margaret Sanger and Ethel Byrne Outside Courthouse, 1916
In October 1916, Sanger and Byrne were arrested for distributing contraception information and opening the nation's first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Artifact Date
1916
Topic(s)
- Women's Rights