[Ads-l] Coinage of "Birth Control"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Mar 14 11:38:29 UTC 2020

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The term "birth control" has long been said to have been coined by Margaret Sanger.  The latest release of the OED, however, has a 1906 citation for the term.

Fred Shapiro

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