Family Planning Association

Connections

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Occupation Norah Lofts
During this time she also sat on the Boards of Managers of two schools, and she worked for the Family Planning Association .
Textual Production Muriel Jaeger
MJ published a work of history entitled Before Victoria, dedicated to her first reader and friendly critic,
Jaeger, Muriel. Before Victoria. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
prelims
Margaret A. Pyke .
Margaret Amy Pyke, née Chubb, is remembered for her birth-control activism. She...

Timeline

1930: The National Birth Control Council formed...

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1930

The National Birth Control Council formed to coordinate the work of existing birth control societies and to promote scientific contraception.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
267
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
195

1930: A number of rival birth-control clinics joined...

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1930

A number of rival birth-control clinics joined forces as the National Birth Control Association (later the Family Planning Association).
Greer, Germaine. Sex and Destiny. Harper and Row, 1984.
136

1930: The National Birth Control Council formed...

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1930

The National Birth Control Council formed to coordinate the work of existing birth control societies and to promote scientific contraception.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
267
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
195

1932: Plymouth in Devon founded the first city-sponsored,...

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1932

Plymouth in Devon founded the first city-sponsored, permanent birth control clinic in Britain, with encouragement from the National Birth Control Association .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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By the end of 1938: The National Birth Control Association absorbed...

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By the end of 1938

The National Birth Control Association absorbed the Society for the Provision of Birth Control Clinics , as it had already absorbed the Workers' Birth Control Group , which had campaigned steadily throughout the 1920s.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
267
Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
222
Hall, Lesley. “Articulating abortion in interwar Britain”. Women’s History Magazine, No. 70, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2012, pp. 13-21.
17, 13

10 May 1939: The National Birth Control Association changed...

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10 May 1939

The National Birth Control Association changed its name to the Family Planning Association under the leadership of Sir Thomas Harder .
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
267
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
195

Later 1960: Oral contraceptives, popularly known as the...

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Later 1960

Oral contraceptives, popularly known as the Pill, marketed by Searle under the name of Enovid, gained approval for use in Britain by the Family Planning Association .
Asbell, Bernard. The Pill: A Biography of the Drug that Changed the World. Random House, 1995.
159
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
465
Susack, Cheryl. “Disciplining women: a short history of birth control and CRACK”. Folio, 30 Nov. 2001, p. 5.
5
Bakalar, Nicholas. “First Mention: Birth Control Pills, 1957”. The New York Times, 25 Oct. 2010.

1964: The Brooks Advisory Centre (supported by...

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1964

The Brooks Advisory Centre (supported by the Family Planning Association ) gave birth control advice to unmarried women for the first time.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
260

1974: The National Health Service accepted responsibility...

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1974

The National Health Service accepted responsibility for family planning clinics and the Family Planning Association started to hand over its established network of more than a thousand clinics.
Jones, Elise F. Pregnancy, Contraception and Family Planning in Industrialized Countries: A Study of the Alan Guttmacher Insitute. Yale University Press, 1989.
186
Pfeffer, Naomi. The Stork and the Syringe: A Political History of Reproductive Medicine. Polity Press, 1993.
153

1984: The Men too campaign was launched by the...

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1984

The Men too campaign was launched by the Family Planning Association in Britain to include men in contraceptive decision-making.
Jones, Elise F. Pregnancy, Contraception and Family Planning in Industrialized Countries: A Study of the Alan Guttmacher Insitute. Yale University Press, 1989.
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