Marie Stopes

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Marie Stopes was a British scientist and pioneering birth control advocate best known for her influential work on family planning and women's reproductive rights in the early 20th century.

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Marie Stopes canonical 2
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
birth control advocate
birth control clinic
human
paleobotanist
scientist
women's rights activist
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
causeOfDeath breast cancer
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1880-10-15
dateOfDeath 1958-10-02
educatedAt University College London
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
surface form: University of Munich
era early 20th century
familyName Stopes
fieldOfWork family planning
paleobotany
sexual education
women's reproductive rights
founded Mother's Clinic for Constructive Birth Control
fullName Marie Stopes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
givenName Marie
hasControversy support for eugenic ideas
inception 1921
languageOfWorkOrName English
location London, England
surface form: London
movement birth control movement
family planning movement
notableAchievement founded the first birth control clinic in Britain
notableIdea promotion of contraceptive use for family planning
notableWork Married Love
Radiant Motherhood
Wise Parenthood
occupation author
birth control activist
paleobotanist
scientist
placeOfBirth Edinburgh
Scotland
placeOfDeath Dorking
England
Surrey
religion raised in a nonconformist Christian tradition
sexOrGender female
spouse Humphrey Verdon Roe
Reginald Ruggles Gates

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Marie Stopes fullName Marie Stopes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
Eugenics Society notableMember Marie Stopes