Woman Rebel

 Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story by Peter Bagge  104 pp.

This graphic novel biography of Margaret Sanger and her work to legitimize sex education and birth control during the early part of the 20th century in an effort to save women from having no control over too many children. After watching her own mother's health destroyed by 18 pregnancies, many of them miscarriages, Sanger became a crusader for the rights of women to control their reproductive health and was willing to be jailed multiple times in the process. Her efforts led to the creation of Planned Parenthood which is still battling adversaries who want to deny women's rights. Bagge's artwork is energetic but portrays Sanger as physically unattractive. Extensive footnotes provide historical documentation and includes photographs which show Sanger as a pleasant looking woman.