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On this day in 1916 Margaret Sanger, founder of America's birth control movement, was arrested in Portland for selling "obscene" literature. The literature in question was a booklet entitled, "Family Limitation" which supported and explained birth control methods. On August 5th, Ms. Sanger was found guilty and fined $10, which was then suspended.
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