National History Day
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project encourages students working on National History Day to consider projects based on Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement. To that end we have mounted brief topic guides.
Topic Guide for 2009:
The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies
Topic Guide Archive:
2008: Conflict and Compromise in History
2006: Taking a Stand in History
2005: Communication in History: The Key to Understanding
2003: Rights and Responsibilities in History
2002: Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.
We do ask that you begin your research using the resources on this web site and secondary readings before contacting the Project with any follow-up research.
Due to the number of students involved in National History Day, Sanger Project staff cannot participate in student projects as interview subjects except in extraordinary circumstances.
Winners
Many students working on Sanger-related topics have won NHD competitions using the resources gathered by the Sanger Project. If you have won a National History Day competition using Sanger documents, please let us know by e-mailing sanger.papers@nyu.edu.
Below are some of the latest winners:
Sophie Yates, Senior Individual Performance, National Finalist, for "Margaret Sanger: A Voice of Controversy." (Tennessee, 2009)
Evan Arnold, Senior Historical Papers, National Finalist for "Margaret Sanger." (Kansas, 2009)
Georgetta Robinson, first place in district competition, senior paper, for “Remembering Margaret Sanger” (Kansas, 2009)
Emma Cooper, second place in the Maine Junior Individual Documentary competiion, for "Margaret Sanger, The Pioneer of Birth Control." (Maine, 2009)
Rachel Maremont and Nina Das, first places in the Group documentary competition in the Greater Boston Area Competition for "Margaret Sanger: Pioneer for Contraception" (Massachusetts, 2009)
Monica Caballeros-O'Rourke, National Finalist in Senior Individual Performance, for "Margaret Sanger Story." (Michigan, 2008).
Darya Pruitt, Rose Olson & MacAulay Steenson, Honorable Mention for Junior Group Exhibit, "'No Woman Can Call Herself Free' Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement" (State History Day, Minnesota, 2008)
Lynn Williams, first place in Senior Individial Exhibit category for her work on Margaret Sanger (Vermont, 2006)
Connie Tran of Pascagoula High School took third place for her poster exhibit on Margaret Sanger. (Mississippi, 2006)
Sophia Nguyen and Neha Mukunda, won the New Jersey's Junior Group Performance with their presentation, "Margaret Sanger: A General in the Battle for Birth Control, A Soldier in the War for Women's Rights." (New Jersey, 2006)
Annie Kjar and Jesa Wolthuizen, "The Woman Rebel--Margaret Sanger--Taking a Stand by Giving Women a Choice" (Iowa, 2006)
Chelsea Gilchrist and Josie Gomez, came in third place in the junior division for their documentary, "Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement," which placed third in the junior division. (Hawaii, 2006)
Keanna Cohen, "Margaret Sanger: Her Stand for Birth Control" individual senior project, division winner (New Mexico, 2006)
Isabella Lugo, won an honorable mention in the Junior Division Performances for her "Margaret Sanger: Taking a Stand for Women's Rights" (Georgia, 2006)
Tarresha Poindexter, Katherine Campbell-Morrison and Allison Tillman, were national alternates for their group performance of "Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Revolution." (Cleveland, OH, 2005.)
Lauren Korthof, Senior Individial Finalist for "The right not to be a mother: Margaret Sanger & Birth Control" (Waukesha, WI, 2003)
Chloe Woodward's project "Margaret Sanger: The Woman Rebel". (National, 2002)
Alexandra Bispo, Sara Hunt, Lauren Blum, "Margaret Sanger: A Woman Rebel," (Monteray County, CA, finalists, 2002)
Trina N. Assur, "Margaret Sanger: Woman Rebel" (Connecticut, 2002)
Scott Buckley, "Margaret Sanger" (Delaware, 2002)
Casey Lynch and Tiffany Zehner, "Margaret Sanger: Champion of Birth Control" (Pennsylvania, 2002)
Michelle Cordes, "Margaret Sanger and Birth Control in America" (National, 2001)
Nicole Desrosiers, "Margaret Sanger" (Massachusetts, 2001)
Martha Graham's "Margaret Sanger's Work: The Development of Birth Control" (Ohio, 2000)
Latasha Hailey, "Margaret Sanger: A Woman Rebel" (Maryland, 1999)
Susan Frreman's article, "Women's History in the New Millennium: The Next Generation of Scholars," JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S HISTORY, VOL. 12 NO. 1 (SPRING 2000) describes Serene Myers's winning individual performance project on Margaret Sanger. (1999, North Carolina, National)
Revised: Apr. 28, 2009