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Caroline Nelson

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Caroline Nelson (also Caroline Nelson Rave; 1868–1952) of Denmark was an American birth control advocate and radical socialist.[1] A member of Margaret Sanger's inner circle,[2] she was affiliated with the Northern California Birth Control Committee of 100.[3] As a San Francisco-based Wobbly organizer, she spoke at IWW meetings, along with Emma Goldman, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Rose Pastor Stokes.[4] Nelson was married to Carl Rave, an ironworker and union activist who also participated in birth control activism.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Sanger & Katz 2007, p. 28.
  2. ^ Martinek 2015, p. 108.
  3. ^ Sanger 1929, p. 231.
  4. ^ Adler 2011, p. 259.
  5. ^ Nel 2008, p. 31.

Bibliography

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  • Adler, William M. (31 August 2011). The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60819-285-4.
  • Martinek, Jason D (6 October 2015). Socialism and Print Culture in America, 1897–1920. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-32076-0.
  • Nel, Philip (1 November 2008). Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-5720-8.
  • Sanger, Margaret (1929). The Birth Control Review. M. Sanger.
  • Sanger, Margaret; Katz, Esther (February 2007). The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Birth control comes of age, 1928-1939. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252027376.