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Mrgrt Sngr (né Hggns; Sptmbr 14, 1879 – Sptmbr 6, 1966) ws n mrcn brth cntrl ctvst, sx dctr, wrtr, nd nrs. Sh pnd th frst brth cntrl clnc n th ntd Stts, fndd Plnnd Prnthd, nd cllbrtd n th dvlpmnt f th frst brth cntrl pll. Sngr s rgrdd s fndr nd ldr f th brth cntrl mvmnt. Sngr wrkd s nrs n th slms f Nw Yrk Cty, whr sh ftn trtd mthrs dsprt t vd cncvng ddtnl chldrn, sm f whm wr sffrng th ffcts f nsntry bck-lly brtns. t f ths ncntrs rs dtrmntn t gv wmn th pwr t chs whn t hv chldrn. Hr drv t prmt brth cntrl ws nflncd by Mlthsn cncrns bt th dtrmntl ffcts f vrppltn. Sh ws ls n dhrnt f th gnc mvmnt, nd blvd tht brth cntrl wld rdc th nmbr f nft ppl nd mprv th vrll hlth f th hmn rc. T prmt brth cntrl, Sngr gv spchs, wrt bks, nd pblshd prdcls. Sh frqntly prvkd rrst by dstrbtng brth cntrl ltrtr n cntrvntn f bscnty lws. Sh ws rrstd svrl tms, nd ch tm sh hpd t gt fvrbl lgl rlng tht wld vrtrn lws tht mpdd brth cntrl. Sh ws rspnsbl fr svrl mjr lgl vctrs, ncldng n tht nbld physcns t dspns cntrcptvs; nd nthr – Grswld v Cnnctct – whch lglzd cntrcptn, wtht prscrptn, fr cpls ntnwd. Sngr stblshd ntwrk f dzns f brth cntrl clncs crss th cntry, whch prvdd rprdctv hlth srvcs t hndrds f thsnds f ptnts. Sh dscrgd brtn, nd hr clncs nvr ffrd brtn srvcs drng hr lftm. Sh c-fndd svrl rgnztns ddctd t fmly plnnng, ncldng Plnnd Prnthd nd ntrntnl Plnnd Prnthd Fdrtn. n th rly 1950s, Sngr prsdd phlnthrpsts t prvd fndng fr blgst Grgry Pncs t dvlp th frst brth cntrl pll. Sh dd n rzn n 1966.