Woman Rebel

Woman Rebel The Margaret Sanger Story

Peter Bagge2013
The alternative-comics master offers an indelible and idiosyncratic take on the protofeminist "[Woman Rebel] is fine work from an excellent cartoonist and I urge you to jump right in."-Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter, from his introduction Peter Bagge's Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story is a dazzling and accessible biography of the social and political maverick, jam-packed with fact and fun. In his signature cartoony, rubbery style, Bagge presents the life of the birth-control activist, educator, nurse, mother, and protofeminist from her birth in the late nineteenth century to her death after the invention of the birth control pill. Balancing humor and respect, Bagge makes Sanger whole and human, showing how her flaws fueled her fiery activism just as much as her compassionate nature did. Sanger's life takes on a whole new vivacity as Bagge creates a fast-paced portrait of a trailblazer whose legacy as the founder of Planned Parenthood is still incredibly relevant, important, and inspiring.
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b.andherbooks@bandherbooks
3 stars
Oct 9, 2021

A brief overview of the life and work of Margaret Sanger, in comic form. I would not recommend this to people unfamiliar with Margaret Sanger or even those without a firm grasp of the history of this time period. The narrative was very choppy, with lots of leaps in time (time change only noted in very small writing in the upper corner of the panel) which made it difficult to keep track of what year you were in, and what historical events were going on at the time. My favorite vignettes were about her childhood (her mother was pregnant 18 times; 11 children were born, and 10 lived to adulthood) and about her free love lifestyle. Pretty progressive! I did not enjoy the artwork; very busy for my taste. However, Bagge's fair image of Sanger was appropriate. Sanger was a woman of her time and she did use language and methods that today we would consider racist and backwards. However, this does not take away from her contributions to women's rights.

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Lia Silva@liasilva
2.5 stars
Apr 3, 2022
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Jamie Mitchell@jamesinasweater
5 stars
Jan 31, 2022

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