Marie Stopes
(1880-1958)
woman, writer, dramatist, poet, publicist of the campaign for sexual education, advocate of family planning, founder of Pioneer Birth Control Clinic, courageous crusader for the rights of women, palaeobotanist, pioneer of family planning, lecturer in palaeobotany, and social reformer
Family tree
Commemorated on 7 plaques
The first birth control clinic was opened by Dr. Marie Stopes in 1921 at Holloway and removed here in 1925
Whitfield Street, WC1, London, United Kingdom where they opened the first birth control clinic
Marie Stopes 1880-1958 palaeobotanist and pioneer of family planning. Lecturer in palaeobotany 1904-1907
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom where they lectured
Marie Carmichael Stopes 1880-1958 Writer, dramatist and poet. Publicist of the campaign for sexual education. Advocate of family planning and founder of pioneer birth control clinic. Courageous crusader for the rights of women. Lived here during her first marriage to R.R. Gates.
Well Walk, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Marie Stopes 1880-1958 Promoter of sex education and birth control lived here 1880-1892
28 Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Marie Stopes 1880-1958 Social reformer pioneer of the family planning movement lived here 1909-1916
Well Walk, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1909-1916)
Marie Stopes 1880-1958 opened here the Mothers' Clinic. First of its kind in Britain 1921-1925
61 Marlborough Road, N19, London, United Kingdom where they worked
