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Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 – July 25, 1947) was an American women's rights activist, pacifist, homeopathic advocate, [2] and pioneer in the areas of birth control, sex education, and women's suffrage.
As the birth control societies spread across Europe, so did birth control clinics. The first birth control clinic in the world was established in the Netherlands in 1882, run by the Netherlands' first female physician, Aletta Jacobs. [14] The first birth control clinic in England was established in 1921 by Marie Stopes, in London. [15]
Mary Fildes was a female reformer, but not a suffragette as is sometimes claimed. She did not (publicly, at least) advocate votes for women, but like most female reformers of her generation she believed that women should fight alongside men for a vote for all adult male householders, which could then be exercised in the interests of the whole ...
Searches for "birth control" and "Plan B" doubled between Nov. 2 and the two days after the election, with a notable spike the day after the election, Google Search data shows.
"Mary" tells the story of the Virgin Mary from childhood through the birth of Jesus. Some biblical experts think the film strays from the truth.
At least 40% don’t know that IUDs are legal, and one-quarter either don’t believe or don’t know that birth control pills are legal in the state, a 2023 survey by the Missouri Foundation for ...
The modern Biblical canon does not record Mary's birth. The earliest known account of Mary's birth is found in the Gospel of James (5:2), an apocryphal text from the late second century, with her parents known as Saint Anne and Saint Joachim. [2] In the case of saints, the Church commemorates their date of death, with Saint John the Baptist and ...
While working with Catt, she met other social activists, including Mary Dennett and Margaret Sanger. Katharine met Sanger in 1917, and later that year joined the Committee of 100, a group of women who practiced promoting the legalization of birth control.