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dated October 3, 1958: Dr. Marie Stopes dead

Dr. Marie Stopes, birth control campaigner, died on October 2 at her home in Surrey. She was 78. She was a pioneer of modern education in birth control and the author of many books on the subject. She was also the founder, with her late husband, Mr. Humphrey Verdon Roe, the aircraft pioneer and inventor, of the world’s first birth control clinic, which they opened in 1921. Dr. Stopes campaigned fiercely for birth control enlightenment and a frank approach to the whole subject of sex.

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