Portrays the life of Margaret Sanger, a birth control activist and advocate for female reproductive rights, in graphic novel format. Includes an 18 page section at the back ("Who's who and what's what" with photographs of those concerned).
Reviews with the most likes.
I really enjoyed this! It's a complex look at a complex lady, and it highlights how brave she was without glossing over some of her more problematic actions. (Though it does flesh them out in some cases–like, yes, she did talk to the KKK women's auxiliary group, but she felt uncomfortable about it but ultimately decided that all women should have access to information about their bodies. Also, her involvement with eugenics is addressed but put into context somewhat.)
The artwork here is a little goofy but I think I liked it.
I will say–I ordered this for teen GNs because it was on a YALSA list but I think I'm going to send it to adult GNs... it's not that I don't think teens would enjoy it, or that they shouldn't learn about Margaret Sanger/abortion/etc... but there's like, a lot more talk about golden showers and other fairly kinky sex acts than I would have expected??? Sooooooo... there's that. (That said, I totally loved all the sexy historical gossip! Just feelin' sketch about shelving it in teen.)
