Katharine McCormick

Katharine Dexter McCormick (August 27, 1875 – December 28, 1967) was a U.S. biologist, suffragist, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune. She funded most of the research necessary to develop the first birth control pill.

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Katharine McCormick
Birth dateAugust 27, 1875
Date of deathDecember 28, 1967

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External resources

  1. http://web.mit.edu/mccormick/www/history/brief_history.html
  2. http://web.mit.edu/mccormick/www/history/kdm.html
  3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/filmmore/ps_letters.html