Margaret Louise Higgins
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Margaret Louise Higgins, better known as Margaret Sanger, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, and founder of the organization that became Planned Parenthood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Louise Higgins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5495474 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Louise Higgins Context triple: [Margaret Sanger, birthName, Margaret Louise Higgins]
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A.
Margaret Natalie Smith
Margaret Natalie Smith is a renowned English actress, best known as Maggie Smith, celebrated for her distinguished career on stage and screen, including roles in "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" film series.
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B.
Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith was the mother of George Monck, the 1st Duke of Albemarle, a key military figure in the English Restoration.
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C.
Margaret Marian Pollard
Margaret Marian Pollard was the mother of Spiro Agnew, the 39th vice president of the United States.
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D.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison is an American documentary filmmaker best known for directing the 1999 film "Grass," which explores the history of marijuana prohibition in the United States.
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E.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison was an American journalist and spy known for her intelligence work in post–World War I Europe and the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Louise Higgins Target entity description: Margaret Louise Higgins, better known as Margaret Sanger, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, and founder of the organization that became Planned Parenthood.
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A.
Margaret Natalie Smith
Margaret Natalie Smith is a renowned English actress, best known as Maggie Smith, celebrated for her distinguished career on stage and screen, including roles in "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" film series.
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B.
Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith was the mother of George Monck, the 1st Duke of Albemarle, a key military figure in the English Restoration.
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C.
Margaret Marian Pollard
Margaret Marian Pollard was the mother of Spiro Agnew, the 39th vice president of the United States.
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D.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison is an American documentary filmmaker best known for directing the 1999 film "Grass," which explores the history of marijuana prohibition in the United States.
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E.
Marguerite Harrison
Marguerite Harrison was an American journalist and spy known for her intelligence work in post–World War I Europe and the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
birth control activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ nurse ⓘ sex educator ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Margaret Sanger ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
International Planned Parenthood Federation
ⓘ
Planned Parenthood Federation of America ⓘ
linked to:
Planned Parenthood
|
| birthName | Margaret Louise Higgins ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure ⓘ |
| child |
Grant Sanger
ⓘ
Peggy Sanger ⓘ Stuart Sanger ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1879-09-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-09-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Claverack College
ⓘ
White Plains Hospital (nursing program) ⓘ
linked to:
White Plains Hospital (nursing training)
|
| ethnicity | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Higgins ⓘ |
| founded |
American Birth Control League
ⓘ
linked to:
Voluntary Parenthood League
Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| laterViewsOnReligion | critic of the Catholic Church's stance on birth control ⓘ |
| legalIssues | arrested for distributing information on contraception ⓘ |
| middleName | Louise ⓘ |
| movement |
birth control movement
ⓘ
feminism ⓘ women's rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of birth control
ⓘ
founding the organization that became Planned Parenthood ⓘ |
| notableIdea | birth control as a means of women's liberation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Family Limitation
ⓘ
My Fight for Birth Control ⓘ Woman and the New Race ⓘ |
| occupation |
birth control activist
ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ nurse ⓘ sex educator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| organizationEvolvedInto |
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Planned Parenthood
|
| placeOfBirth |
Corning, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Corning, New York
|
| placeOfDeath | Tucson, Arizona, United States ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | advocated legalization of contraception in the United States ⓘ |
| religion | raised Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| spouse |
J. Noah H. Slee
ⓘ
William Sanger ⓘ |
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