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Margaret Ann Bulkley (James Barry) (1789−1865)
By: Sarah Foster
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
Margaret Ann Bulkley, under the male pseudonym James Barry, was one of the first female obstetricians in early nineteenth century British Empire. She…
Cesarean SectionUniversity of EdinburghSurgeryReproductive HealthIreland
Eclipse of Reason (1987)
By: Sepehr Abdi-Moradi
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
Eclipse of Reason is a 1987 anti-abortion documentary film directed, filmed, and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, an obstetrician in the US. American…
LiteratureAbortionLate-term abortionPro-life movementFetus
John Chassar Moir (1900–1977)
By: Dorothy Haskett, Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
John Chassar Moir lived in Scotland during the twentieth century and helped develop techniques to improve the health of pregnant women. Moir helped…
ObstetricsPregnancyErgot AlkaloidsHemorrhageVagina
The Infant Incubator in Europe (1860-1890)
By: Kelsey Locey
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
In the nineteenth century, obstetricians in Europe began to construct devices to incubate infants in increasingly controlled environments. The infant…
TechnologyPremature InfantsObstetricsMaternal and infant welfareIncubators (Pediatrics)
Pierre Budin (1846-1907)
By: Kelsey Locey
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
Pierre Constant Budin worked in France to improve the lives of newborns and their mothers during the late nineteenth century. Budin stressed the…
Budin, P. (Pierre), 1846-1907BreastfeedingPremature InfantsBreast milkFetus
People's Padre: An Autobiography (1954), by Emmett McLoughlin
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 08, 2016
Emmett McLoughlin wrote People's Padre: An Autobiography, based on his experiences as a Roman Catholic priest advocating for the health of people in…
LiteratureBirth control clinicsAbortionCatholic ChurchReproductive Rights
Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson (1950-1977)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 22, 2016
Established in 1950, the Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson provided Arizona women with family planning resources until 1977, when it expanded to…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaInfertility
Clinica Para Madres (1934-1950)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
The Clinica Para Madres (Mother’s Clinic) opened in Tucson, Arizona, in December of 1934 as the first birth control clinic in Arizona. After moving…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ArizonaPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaContraception
The Mother's Health Clinic of Phoenix (1937-1942)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
The Mother's Health Clinic opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1937 and provided women in central Arizona with contraception and family planning resources…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionArizonaDiaphragms, Vaginal
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (1974- )
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Apr 13, 2015
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is a nonprofit organization that began in 1974 as a joint endeavor by Reginald and Catherine Hamlin and the Addis Ababa…
OrganizationHamlin, CatherineAddis Ababa Fistula HospitalVesicovaginal FistulaFistula