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Our Lady of Birth Control: A Cartoonist's Encounter with Margaret Sanger

by Sabrina Jones

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"Framing the biography with her own personal experiences of coming of age at the height of the sexual revolution, a comic book artist, writer and editor presents this historical graphic novel that illustrates the incredible life of Margaret Sanger, best known as the pioneer of birth control."--NoveList.

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Original publication date: 2016
People/Characters: Margaret Sanger

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 2
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Published: 2016
Genre: Graphic Novels & Comics
DDC/MDS: 363.9
LCC: HQ764 .S3 .J66

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