Personal and Professional Papers, 1918-1983

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...

Planned parenthood federation of America

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In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...

Ashkenezy

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Rock Reproductive Study Center.

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Gregory Pincus

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Thomas, Lillie

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Partheu

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Simpkins, ...

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Perry, Mary

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Derek Robinson

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Fox, Adele, Mrs.

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Dr. Prayong Ithiratana

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William Mulligan

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Daunt, Mrs. Nora

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McCarthy, Mariette

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Rock, John Charles, 1890-

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John C. Rock (1890-1984) was the founder of the Rock Reproductive Study Center at the Free Hospital for Women in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Clinical Professor of Gynecology at Harvard Medical School. Rock collaborated with colleague Gregory Pincus and Pincus's assistant Min-Chueh Chang, during the 1950s in the clinical trials and development of oral contraceptives, commonly known as the birth control pill. Rock is also credited with colleague Arthur Hertig and laboratory assistan...

Carnegie Institute of Washington.

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McLaughlin

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Free Hospital for Women.

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The Free Hospital for Women was established in Boston, Mass. in 1875 by Dr. William Henry Baker, J.H. Storer, and J.P. Reynolds as a facility dedicated to the medical treatment of poor women. The institution relocated to Brookline, Mass. in 1896 and established a training school for nurses. In 1965, the Free Hospital for Women merged with the Boston Lying-In Hospital, in cooperation with Harvard Medical School, to form the Boston Hospital for Women. In 1975, the Boston Hospital for Women merged ...

Min-Cheuh Chang

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Mrs. Dandaneau

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Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology

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Miriam Menkin

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Siciliano, Mrs. Rose

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Rathbum, E.

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Arthur Hertig

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