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Margaret Sanger gave an address as part of a Wesleyan University undergraduate conference on marriage, held in Middletown,Connecticut. Other speakers included Erdman Harris, Father John M. Cooper, Dr.William B. Terhune, Rev. Roy B. Chamberlain and…

No final version was found. This speech may have been written for the American Conference on Birth Control and National Recovery, held in Washington, DC on Jan. 15-17, 1934.

Sanger's actual speech was not found.

For handwritten drafts see Margaret Sanger Papers Microfilm Edition, Sophia Smith Collections, S71:289-320. This transcription is based on the typed version. The speech was delivered in Madison, WI on March 17, Syracuse, NY on April 8 and Houston, TX…

The following is an excerpt from the hearings. Only Margaret Sanger's testimonyand her answers to committee questions have been included.

For an earlier version, possibly drafted by Florence Rose, see Margaret Sanger Papers Microfilm, Library of Congress, LCM 8:721.

This letter to the editor of the Jefferson County Union of Fort Atkinson, WI is preceded by an editorial indicating that Sanger is an important "scout in looking out forthe rights of the ppor, abused women." It suggests that Sanger's letter should be…

For two versions of Sanger's welcome address at this conference, see Birth Control and National Recovery and Address of Welcome, both Jan. 15, 1934.