Hannah Mayer Stone
Hannah Mayer Stone · Science & Medicine
A pioneering physician and advocate of birth control, Hannah Stone defied both New York City police and the federal government in her efforts to make contraception legal and available to American women in the early twentieth century.
Hannah Mayer Stone is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — A pioneering physician and advocate of birth control, Hannah Stone defied both New York City police and the federal government in her efforts to make contraception legal and available to American women in the early twentieth century.
A pioneering physician and advocate of birth control, Hannah Stone defied both New York City police and the federal government in her efforts to make contraception legal and available to American women in the early twentieth century. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Marion Shulevitz, and the entry is linked below.
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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Marion Shulevitz
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A pioneering physician and advocate of birth control, Hannah Stone defied both New York City police and the federal government in her efforts to make contraception legal and available to American women in the early twentieth century.
Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Marion Shulevitz
