The suffragist movement was often hesitant to address birth control, prioritizing the vote over contentious issues like fertility control, creating a divide with reformers.
Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett’s work on birth control paved the way for women’s autonomy, but their priorities often clashed with those of the suffragists.
Dennett viewed birth control as a vital next step post-suffrage; she believed women's empowerment would lead to widespread adoption of fertility control, which did not materialize.
The establishment suffragists maintained conservative views, neglecting the topic of birth control and thus alienating progressive activists who sought reproductive rights.
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