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Reviewed on February 1, 2019 | Young Adult
Gr 7 Up—Margaret Louise Higgens Sanger grew up in the ash covered factory town of Corning, New York, in the late 1800s. This is the story of her daily life in that town and her determination to escape it. The home was bursting at the seams with brothers and sisters. The Sanger family experienced many hardships that were all too familiar for so many families during that time period. Her mother seemed to be perpetually with child, many of which were stillborns, and her father's radical thinking kept him frequently out of work. Margaret rarely had a moment to herself free of dis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More