Sanger history

However, the couple spent several years with their only daughter, Miss Alice B. Sanger, after she went to Washington in 1889 to become the first woman clerk in the White House.

There were no churches or schools here until the early 1890’s, and the few houses built prior to that time stuck out like sore thumbs on the unbroken, level land that had previously been covered with grain.

The name was changed in 1891 to A. Harris and Co.

Lehman died ten years later on March 19, 1912 in Waco. It became evident upon the deaths of the founding brothers that it was their combined efforts that made the store a "household name." Philip died on April 12, 1902 at the age 61 while visiting Pasadena, California.

Early law and order was kept by county officers who doggedly fought against “self-made laws”. A city government ruled by a city council was established in 1911 at the time of the town’s incorporation.

Lehman died ten years later on March 19, 1912 in Waco.

In 1914, Sanger launched her own feminist publication, The Woman Rebel, advocating for birth control.

In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Later that same year Sam died in Waco on December 18, 1918 at the age 75.

Alex disbanded the wholesale department in 1923.

Due to continued financial problems, the stockholders decided to sell the store on August 2, 1926 to Stiffel, Nicholas and Co.

In 1929, she formed the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control to lobby Congress for legislation that would permit doctors to prescribe birth control.

On March 14, 1931 the stores in Fort Worth and Waco were closed.

In 1936, the courts made it legal for doctors to prescribe birth control.

Sanger retired in 1942 and moved to Tucson, Arizona, though she remained a passionate advocate for birth control.

He remained at the head of A. Harris and Co. until his death in February 1950.

On July 9, 1951 Sanger Brothers was sold to Federated Department Stores, Inc.

In her later life, Sanger spearheaded the effort that resulted in the modern birth control pill by 1960.

On February 6, 1961 a merger created Sanger-Harris Department Stores, Inc.

PBS documentary, featuring Margaret Sanger's role in its development, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZDf1U45bBA (Additional resources from the documentary online at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/pill/sfeature/pop_attitudes_a_qt_02.html/

Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007).