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Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story

by Peter Bagge

(text & illus.). Drawn & Quarterly. ISBN 9781770461260. $21.95. BIOG

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Margaret Sanger's crusade for reliable contraception changed the modern world. She established the use of birth control in the United States, founded the organizations that would later form Planned Parenthood, and helped fund research for the Pill. Bagge's well-sourced, sardonic take on an almost forgotten trailblazer will appeal to teens through adults interested in sociosexual issues and woman leaders. (LJ 11/15/13 —MC

Reviewed by MC , Nov 21, 2013

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