Katherine Medill McCormick
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Katherine Medill McCormick was an American suffragist, philanthropist, and key financial supporter of the research that led to the development of the first birth control pill.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Katherine Medill McCormick canonical | 2 |
| Katherine Patrick Medill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11102497 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Medill McCormick Context triple: [McCormick family, hasNotableMember, Katherine Medill McCormick]
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A.
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Charlotte Anita Whitney was an American political activist and early 20th-century socialist whose prosecution under California’s criminal syndicalism laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Whitney v. California.
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B.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst was an American philanthropist and suffragist known for her major contributions to education, libraries, and the arts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Nancy Fowler McCormick
Nancy Fowler McCormick was an American philanthropist and socialite known for her charitable work and for being married to agricultural machinery inventor Cyrus McCormick.
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D.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Ailsa Mellon Bruce was an American philanthropist and art collector, heir to the Mellon banking fortune, known for her major contributions to museums and the arts.
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E.
Mildred Lane Kemper
Mildred Lane Kemper was an American philanthropist and arts patron whose support significantly advanced cultural and educational institutions, including the museum that bears her name at Washington University in St. Louis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Medill McCormick Target entity description: Katherine Medill McCormick was an American suffragist, philanthropist, and key financial supporter of the research that led to the development of the first birth control pill.
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A.
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Charlotte Anita Whitney was an American political activist and early 20th-century socialist whose prosecution under California’s criminal syndicalism laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Whitney v. California.
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B.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst was an American philanthropist and suffragist known for her major contributions to education, libraries, and the arts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Nancy Fowler McCormick
Nancy Fowler McCormick was an American philanthropist and socialite known for her charitable work and for being married to agricultural machinery inventor Cyrus McCormick.
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D.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Ailsa Mellon Bruce was an American philanthropist and art collector, heir to the Mellon banking fortune, known for her major contributions to museums and the arts.
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E.
Mildred Lane Kemper
Mildred Lane Kemper was an American philanthropist and arts patron whose support significantly advanced cultural and educational institutions, including the museum that bears her name at Washington University in St. Louis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
birth control activist
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human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ suffragist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
access to birth control
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women's suffrage in the United States ⓘ |
| almaMater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Katherine Dexter McCormick
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linked to:
Katharine McCormick
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| birthDate | 1875-08-27 ⓘ |
| birthName | Katherine Dexter ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dexter, Michigan, United States
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linked to:
Dexter, Michigan
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| burialPlace | Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1967-12-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| donatedTo |
research of Gregory Pincus
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research of John Rock ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| era |
Progressive Era
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early 20th-century feminism ⓘ |
| familyName | McCormick ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
philanthropy
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public health ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Katherine ⓘ |
| heritage | Medill family ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in the American woman suffrage movement
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supporting research that led to the first birth control pill ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
League of Women Voters
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National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ |
| movement |
birth control movement in the United States
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women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | one of the first women to graduate in science from MIT ⓘ |
| notableDonation | major funding for oral contraceptive clinical trials ⓘ |
| notableWork | financial support for development of the first oral contraceptive pill ⓘ |
| occupation |
philanthropist
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suffragist ⓘ women's rights activist ⓘ |
| relative | Joseph Medill ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Stanley Robert McCormick ⓘ |
| spouseEndTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| spouseStartTime | 1904 ⓘ |
| supportedProject | development of oral contraceptives at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology ⓘ |
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Subject: Katherine Medill McCormick Description of subject: Katherine Medill McCormick was an American suffragist, philanthropist, and key financial supporter of the research that led to the development of the first birth control pill.
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linked to: Katherine Medill McCormick