Quick Facts About Marie Stopes
- Born
- October 15, 1880
- Died
- October 2, 1958
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Botanist
- Notable works
- Married Love
- Known for
- Married Love, Wise Parenthood, Radiant Motherhood
- Spouse
- Reginald Ruggles Gates
About Marie Stopes
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain, which bore her name for much of its 100-year history. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News, which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. Stopes publicly opposed abortion, arguing that the prevention of conception was all that was needed, though her actions in private were at odds with her public pronouncements.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
