Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Margaret Sanger
- Wikipedia's article - Margaret Sanger
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polski) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Etymology
The name "Margaret" is of Greek origin, derived from the word "margarites" which means "pearl". The surname "Sanger" is of German origin, meaning "singer".
Biography
Margaret Sanger was born on September 14, 1879, in Corning, New York. She was the sixth of eleven children. Her mother, Anne Purcell Higgins, was a devout Catholic who had eighteen pregnancies in twenty-two years, with eleven live births. Her father, Michael Hennessey Higgins, was a stonemason who was politically radical, poor, and unable to provide for his family.
Sanger was trained as a nurse and moved to New York City in 1911. She became politically active in the women's suffrage movement and joined the Socialist Party. She began her career as a visiting nurse in the city's tenements and wrote about sex education and women's health.
In 1914, Sanger started a feminist publication called The Woman Rebel, which promoted a woman's right to have birth control. This was illegal at the time, and she was indicted for mailing materials advocating birth control, but the charges were eventually dropped.
In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, which led to her arrest for distributing information on contraception. Her trial and subsequent appeal resulted in a 1918 court decision which allowed doctors to give birth control advice to their patients.
Sanger founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She continued to promote birth control and women's health until her death in 1966.
Related Terms
- Birth control
- Women's suffrage
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Nurse
- Sex education
- Contraception
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Margaret Sanger
- Wikipedia's article - Margaret Sanger
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski