 In 22 years, Anne Higgins conceived 18 times, birthing 11 alive before dying aged 49.Sanger was the sixth of 11 surviving children, spending her tender years submitted to the sharing of household chores and care of family members.Supported by her two older sisters, Margaret Higgins attended Claverack College and Hudson River Institute, before enrolling in 1900 at White Plains Hospital as a nurse probationer.