Guttmacher, Alan
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Social and Cultural History; Ethical Issues and Debates; Obstetrics. 1467 words.
Guttmacher, Alan (19 May 1898–18 March 1974), physician and birth-control advocate, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Adolf Guttmacher, a leading Reform rabbi, and Laura...
Levine, Lena
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Psychiatry; Gynaecology; Social and Cultural History; Ethical Issues and Debates. 918 words.
Levine, Lena (17 May 1903–09 January 1965), gynecologist, psychiatrist, and pioneer of the birth control movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Morris H. Levine, a...
Morris, John McLean
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biological Sciences; Gynaecology; Social and Cultural History; Ethical Issues and Debates. 747 words.
Morris, John McLean (01 September 1914–08 April 1993), reproductive biologist and physician, was born in Kuling, China, the son of DuBois Morris, a Presbyterian missionary and pastor of...
Mosse, Bartholomew (1712–1759), man-midwife and philanthropist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Social and Cultural History; Society and Culture; Obstetrics; Medicine and Health. 958 words.
Mosse, Bartholomew (1712–1759), man-midwife and philanthropist, was born in Wexford, Ireland, one of seven children of the Revd Thomas Mosse (1662?–1731), rector of Maryborough, and his...
Pye, Edith Mary (1876–1965), midwife and international relief organizer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Obstetrics; Social and Cultural History; Society and Culture. 922 words.
Pye, Edith Mary (1876–1965), midwife and international relief organizer, was born on 20 October 1876 in London, the eldest daughter in the family of three daughters and four sons of William...
Roberton, John (1797–1876), obstetrician and social reformer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Social and Cultural History; Society and Culture; Obstetrics. 1269 words.
Roberton, John (1797–1876), obstetrician and social reformer, was born on 20 March 1797 at Kennedies, Earnock, near Hamilton, Lanarkshire, the fourth of the five children of William...
Storer, Horatio Robinson
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Gynaecology; Social and Cultural History; Ethical Issues and Debates. 1055 words.
Storer, Horatio Robinson (27 February 1830–18 September 1922), pioneer gynecologist and anti-abortion crusader, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of David Humphreys Storer, a...
