The Woman Rebel (1914)

In the early twentieth
century, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger published eight
issues of a feminist magazine called The Woman Rebel. During
this time, discussion of sex education, birth control, and
abortion were illegal. The magazine featured literary pieces on
topics like women’s rights, love and marriage, women in the
workplace, reproductive and sexual education, and contraception.
The Woman Rebel was one of the first magazines that discussed
issues that working class American women faced. Through the
magazine, Sanger sought to convince female readers to reject
their oppression and become what she called women rebels. The
Woman Rebel generated attention and controversy around the birth
control and feminist movements in the United States during the
twentieth century, advancing those movements and creating a
community of women with the common intent to rebel against
apparent injustice.