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Sanitaized History if Problematic White Women
This book is misleading and blatantly ignores controversial parts of these women’s histories. The section on Margaret Sanger blatantly ignores the fact that she is controversial because she was racist. The book says she's a controversial figure but not why and misleads you to think it's because she was a pioneer in birth control because it was taboo at the time, not because she was an advocate for birth control and was big on eugenics and not wanting “lower races” to reproduce. The inaccuracy and misinformation of this page makes me question the historical accuracy of everyone else’s stories.
It’s also largely white, cis, straight stories being told.
May 2018 · Books · verified purchase