Mary Ware Dennett was one of the most important and influential activist for women’s rights, contraception, free speech and sex education in early 20th century America. So why does her nemesis Margaret Sanger get all the attention?
Returning guest Stephanie Gorton helps Olivia unravel the mystery of this fascinating, forward-thinking woman.
photo courtesy of Schlesinger Library
Dennett family archives
photo by Sasha Israel
Stephanie Gorton wrote The Icon and the Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry that Brought Birth Control to America (2024), longlisted for the Plutarch Award, and Citizen Reporters: S. S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine that Rewrote America (2020), a finalist for the Sperber Prize for journalism biography. Lebanese American by birth, Gorton lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Music featured in this episode provided by:
Asher Fulero, Kevin Macleod, The Mini Vandals, Late Night Feeler, Jeff Cuno, Cooper Cannell, Dan Bodan, and the American Quartet.
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