Psychiatrist, advocate for women's health care issues, and activist against domestic violence, Marjorie Braude graduated from the University of Chicago Medical School in 1950. An officer in the American Medical Women's Association, she developed online courses for health professionals to learn about domestic violence, and sought to ensure access to abortions by advocating that medical schools provide sufficient training in performing abortions as well supporting the introduction of the abortion pill into the American market. With her husband, Marvin Braude, she initiated a landmark conference on domestic violence in Los Angeles in 1994, attended by more than 450 police, social workers, doctors, and victims advocates. She was chair of the Los Angeles Domestic Violence Task Force and also served on the Los Angeles County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission. Braude died in Los Angeles, California, in 2005.
From the description of Papers of Marjorie Braude, 1940-2003 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 424449434
