Margaret Sanger: “The Children’s Era”

Margaret Sanger’s speech, “The Children’s Era”, was delivered during a time when women were beginning to speak out, which started a movement aimed towards serious reforms in society. Sanger proved herself to be a prominent figure during this period, fighting strongly for the voice of women. In this particular speech, she develops her ideas through the usage of metaphors, in an attempt to provide a vision for the future. Her rhetorical appeal helps to establish the importance of the pressing issue she is speaking about, and is also encouraging people to step out and speak up for what needs to be changed.
In 1925, when Sanger delivered this speech, she was speaking out against the "Act of the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use." The act criminalized the publication, distribution, and possession of information about "unlawful" abortion or contraception. (Encyclopedia Britannica, Comstock Act). This act, named the Co...