Women have undoubtedly had it tough in America's past. It is still difficult for women today to feel treated equally to men, but it is nowhere near as much as in the past. Many women have fought hard and dedicated their lives to improving the future of women. Some even risked and gave up their freedom to demonstrate how important it was for society to change. I believe a good example of someone who risked a lot for the future of women in society was Margaret Sanger. Sanger began her journey to historical fame as a visiting nurse, someone who saw all the pain and suffering that women endured because of the lack of birth control and lack of acceptance of birth control. births in America at that time. - an induced abortion. He called the nearest doctor, who sent for me. (Woloch 355) Sanger saw pain and worry that some of us have never seen before in our lives. These women had no form of protection and therefore often became pregnant. This in itself was not a problem. The damage they caused to their bodies during the “knitting needle abortion” process became fatal. Sanger rightly believed that the lack of protection and information provided, even legal, was a crime against women's rights. The following is an excerpt from Sanger's "This I Believe" speech from November 1953. If she wanted to stand up for the future women of the world, she had to do a few things first. As she said in her speech, she had to prepare to face popular belief, ridicule, courts, imprisonment and indictment....... middle of paper...... ing change. Works Cited Caplow, Theodore, Louis Hicks and Ben Wattenberg. The first measured century: an illustrated guide to trends in America, 1900-2000. Washington DC: American Business Institute for Public Policy Research, 2001.CDC. Public health achievements, 1900-1999: Healthier mothers and babies. October 1, 1999. .NYU. This I BELIEVE by Margaret Sanger, November 1953. May 3, 2010. August 17, 2011. Sanger, Margaret. “No gods or masters.” The rebel woman, March 1914. Woman and the new race. New York: Brentano's, 1920. Woloch, Nancy. Women and the American Experience. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. “Margaret Sanger.” 2011. Biography.com. August 19, 2011, 09:15 http://www.biography.com/articles/Margaret-Sanger-9471186.