Tradition of Choice Planned Parenthood at Seventy-Five

On October 16, 1916, a former nurse named Margaret Sanger defied New York City law by opening a clinic that offered information about contraception. It was the beginning of a movement that was to shake the world. Sanger's insistence that women be empowered to choose when & whether to have a child established Planned Parenthood's tradition of choice -- a tradition that has flourished for 75 years. This book chronicles the hardships & victories of three generations of family planning activists---heroines & heroes who dedicated their lives to Planned Parenthood's dual mission of service & advocacy. The fast-paced text brings to life pivotal events in the battle for reproductive rights. More than 175 historical photographs & illustrations capture the settings & events of this moving drama---from the struggle to allow married women to use contraceptives to the battle to give young people access to information about their sexuality---from the battle to win & preserve women's right to choose safe & legal abortion to the fight for confidentiality between a woman & her physician. Today Planned Parenthood remains the nation's leading guardian of the tradition of choice. Despite ongoing controversy, the Planned Parenthood movement's visible, unflinching leadership has continued to expand the frontiers of reproductive freedom & extend the tradition of choice to new generations---improving the lives of millions of women, men & children worldwide. The courage, vision & struggle celebrated in A TRADITION OF CHOICE: PLANNED PARENTHOOD AT 75 are more than a part of the glorious past. They are vital to the present & future, as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America extends the tradition of choice into the next millennium.Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Staff is the author of 'Tradition of Choice Planned Parenthood at Seventy-Five', published 1991 under ISBN 9780934586719 and ISBN 0934586713.