National Birth Control League

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The National Birth Control League was an early 20th-century American organization that advocated for the legalization and public acceptance of contraception and disseminated information on birth control.

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instanceOf American organization
birth control advocacy organization
nonprofit organization
activity educating physicians and the public about contraception
lobbying for changes in federal law on contraception
lobbying for changes in state law on contraception
mailing informational literature on birth control
organizing public lectures on birth control
publishing pamphlets on birth control
basedIn New York state NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved early 1920s
distinctFrom American Birth Control League NERFINISHED
Planned Parenthood Federation of America NERFINISHED
field birth control
family planning
public health
reproductive rights
focus legal and legislative strategies
married couples
middle-class women
foundedBy Clara Gruening Stillman NERFINISHED
Jessie Ashley NERFINISHED
Mary Ware Dennett NERFINISHED
other early 20th-century birth control activists
hasKeyPerson Clara Gruening Stillman NERFINISHED
Jessie Ashley NERFINISHED
Mary Ware Dennett NERFINISHED
historicalContext Progressive Era United States NERFINISHED
ideology birth control advocacy
inception 1915
influenced later birth control advocacy organizations in the United States
languageOfWork English
legalStatus subject to Comstock law restrictions
location New York City
mergedInto Voluntary Parenthood League NERFINISHED
movement birth control movement
progressive era reform
women's rights movement
opposedBy Anthony Comstock supporters
anti-vice societies
conservative religious groups
purpose advocacy for legalization of contraception
dissemination of information on birth control
promotion of public acceptance of contraception
reform of Comstock laws
reform of anti-obscenity laws
timePeriod early 20th century

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Mary Ware Dennett memberOf National Birth Control League