Essay About Poor People And Letter Number

Letter Number Four to Margaret Sanger
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Letter Number Four to Margaret Sanger
Married at the age of seventeen, by the time she reached
twenty-eight she had given birth to four children and had two
miscarriages. She is worn out and doesnt know what to do with
herself. The last child she gave birth to, now nine months
old, was on her bathroom floor accompanied by a neighbor. The
doctor did not arrive until two hours later. She was almost
had blood poison and was still suffering from milk leg, which
is a painful swelling of the leg caused by inflammation and
clotting in the veins and affects some postpartum women. Since
her husband does not make a good amount of money neither to
support the family nor to hire someone to help out, this
resulted in her having to get right to work with supporting
the family.
The winter time is hard to cope with because coal was too much
but the family needed to be kept warm. She gets all torn up on
trying to keep up with the families needs because six children
with her husband is hard to take care of for one woman. She is
not happy with her life and does not have any time for
amusement for herself. She is asking Margaret Sanger to help
poor people like herself (writer of the letter). She is also
asking Sanger to help her because if she has anymore children
she would not be able to bear the childs suffering because
after all expenses are paid she feels like they dont have any
money left as it is at this point.
This woman feels like there is no point in living anymore. She
is always worried about getting pregnant. She tried to stay
away from her husband in sexual activity but resulted in him
getting angry and bad-tempered. He is stubborn and doesnt
think his wife is suffering or under any pressure. It is hard
for her to see her children sick and to make their clothing
and the list could go on. She is not asking for much but some
knowledge from Sanger to help her get through life a little
more easily. She is having heart trouble and doesnt want it
to get worse by having more children. She would like to see
her children grow and be able to be there for them rather then
her die and her four children be lonely.
This letter reveals the life many women lived in the 1920’s.
There were so many poor women who would try not to get
pregnant but there was no way of stopping it. Many women would
try to stay away from their husbands but would result in an
angry conflict. Many women were stay at home mothers