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The Pill, Bernard Asbell; or, MARGARET SANGER WAS DOING IT WITH HAVELOCK ELLIS

Verdict: I like learning new information. (This is the verdict on, like, most history books I ever read.) Here’s a news flash that is COMPLETELY SHOCKING to me but everyone else I spoke to about it was mostly unmoved. (Alice responded with the appropriate level of enthusiasm.) Margaret Sanger was totally doing it with Havelock Ellis. That is not a good piece of trivia to explain to someone. It’s one of those trivia where you have to already be separately familiar with the two parties involved. Margaret Sanger: Founder of Planned Parenthood, one of my absolute favorite organizations. She thought some…

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