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Margaret Sanger and Fania Mindell on courthouse steps, 1917

Margaret Sanger, her sister, Ethel Byrne, and Fania Mindell (looking at the camera), on the steps of a courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on January 8, 1917. This photo was taken during a trial accusing Sanger and others for opening a birth control clinic in New York. All three were found guilty. Via Wikimedia Commons.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Margaret Sanger and Fania Mindell on courthouse steps, 1917." (Viewed on March 29, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/margaret-sanger-and-fania-mindell-courthouse-steps-1917>.