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Norman Haire (1892-1952)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Apr 13, 2017
Norman Haire was a physician who advocated for eugenics, which is the betterment of human population by promoting positive traits, and birth control…
Haire, Norman, 1892-1952EugenicsMalthusian LeagueBirth ControlSex
Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (1872-1947)
By: Malladi Lakshmeeramya
| Published: Jun 22, 2016
Mary Coffin Ware Dennett advocated for social reform in the United States in the early twentieth century, particularly regarding sex education and…
Obscenity (Law)Obscenity (Law)--United StatesSex EducationReproductive HealthReproductive health--Law and legislation
Enovid: The First Hormonal Birth Control Pill
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Jan 20, 2009
Enovid was the first hormonal birth control pill. G. D. Searle and Company began marketing Enovid as a contraceptive in 1960. The technology was…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive Rights
Vasectomy for Male Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 03, 2024
A vasectomy is a surgery that works to inhibit reproduction by interrupting the passage of sperm through the vas deferens, a tube in the male…
VasectomyVasovasostomyVasectomy ReversalEugenicsSterilization, Reproductive
Estrogen and the Menstrual Cycle in Humans
By: Brendan Van Iten
| Published: Jun 22, 2016
Estrogen is the primary sex hormone in women and it functions during the reproductive menstrual cycle. Women have three major types of estrogen:…
Menstrual CycleOral contraceptivesEstrogenEstradiolEstrone
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
Annie Wood Besant (1847–1933)
By: Caroline Meek, Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Dec 07, 2017
Annie Wood Besant was a social activist who advocated for women’s access to birth control as well as marriage reform, labor reform, and Indian…
Besant, Annie, 1847-1933Knowlton, Charles, 1800-1850Bradlaugh, Charles, 1833-1891Birth ControlObscenity (Law)--Great Britain
Katharine McCormick (1876-1967)
By: Aliya Buttar
| Published: Nov 08, 2007
Katharine Dexter McCormick, who contributed the majority of funding for the development of the oral contraceptive pill, was born to Josephine and…
PeopleContraceptionethicsReproductionReproductive Rights
The Mothers' Clinic
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 22, 2008
The Mothers' Clinic for Constructive Birth Control was established on 17 March 1921. The first family planning clinic ever established in Great…
OrganizationContraceptionOrganizationsReproductionReproductive Rights
Roe v. Wade (1973)
By: Sharaden Seward, Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jul 03, 2018
In the 1973 case of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning abortion violated the US Constitution. The Texas abortion laws,…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States