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Evelyn Lorraine Rothman (1932–2007)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
Evelyn Lorraine Rothman advocated for women’s reproductive rights and invented at-home kits for women’s health concerns in the late twentieth century…
Downer, CarolAbortionObstetricsBirth ControlMenstrual regulation
Robert Lawson Tait (1845–1899)
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 27, 2024
Robert Lawson Tait was a physician who practiced abdominal surgery in the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth century. Physicians and…
AntisepsisAsepsisHysterectomyVivisectionPregnancy, Ectopic
Clinical Tests of Estrogen Injections on Women with Abnormal Menstrual Cycles During the Early 1920s by Jean Paul Pratt and Edgar Allen
By: Brendan Van Iten
| Published: Apr 06, 2017
In the early twentieth century US, Jean Paul Pratt and Edgar Allen conducted clinical experiments on women who had abnormal menstrual cycles. During…
EstrogenEndocrinologyDoisy, Edward Adelbert, 1893-1986MenstruationUterus
“The Stein-Leventhal Syndrome: A Curable Form of Sterility” (1958), by Irving Freiler Stein Sr.
By: Lexi Darby
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In 1958, Irving Freiler Stein Sr. published “The Stein-Leventhal Syndrome: A Curable Form of Sterility” documenting his findings on the diagnosis and…
LiteraturePolycystic ovary syndromeSclerocystic Ovarian DegenerationGynecologyInfertility
The Gräfenberg Spot (G-Spot)
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Aug 27, 2024
The Gräfenberg spot, or the G-spot, is thought to be an area in the anterior, or front, vaginal wall that contributes to sexual pleasure. Ernst…
Sexual HealthSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalVaginaClitorisVulva
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson (1915–2006)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson was a physician who advocated for abortion rights in the twentieth century in the United States. In November of 1970, Hodgson…
AbortionInduced AbortionBirth ControlReproductive RightsContraception
Vaginal Speculum (after 1800)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
A vaginal speculum is a medical device that allows physicians and health providers to better view a woman’s cervix and vagina during pelvic exams…
VaginaHysteriaGynecologySecond-wave feminismReproduction
Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957)
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Nov 17, 2022
Ernst Gräfenberg was a physician and researcher who studied sexology, the study of human sexuality, in both Germany and the United States during the…
G spotFemale orgasmGynecologySexology--ResearchWorld War, 1914-1918
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1929–1970)
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 29, 2017
Starting in 1929, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was a professional association of physicians in the UK that aimed to improve…
OrganizationWomen's health servicesGynecologyObstetricsContraception
Horatio Robinson Storer (1830–1922)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Sep 21, 2020
Horatio Robinson Storer was a surgeon and anti-abortion activist in the 1800s who worked in the field of women’s reproductive health and led the…
PeopleAbortionAbortion servicesPro-life movementPro-life movement--United States