Correspondence, Reports, and Related Records Pertaining to Consultations and Requests for Medical Advice, 1906 - 1937

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Correspondence, Reports, and Related Records Pertaining to Consultations and Requests for Medical Advice, 1906 - 1937

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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McCormick, Katharine Dexter, 1876-1967

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Katharine Dexter McCormick (August 27, 1875 – December 28, 1967) was a U.S. suffragist, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune. She funded most of the research necessary to develop the first birth control pill. Katharine Dexter was born on August 27, 1875, in Dexter, Michigan, in her grandparents' mansion, Gordon Hall, and grew up in Chicago where her father, Wirt Dexter, was a prominent lawyer. Following the early death of he...