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We have yet to beat our drums for birth control in the way we beat them for polio vaccine. We are still unable to put babies in the class of dangerous epidemics, even though this is the exact truth.

Mary Calderone

Mary Calderone

Mary Calderone

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Born: July 1, 1904

Died: October 24, 1998 (aged 94)

Bio: Mary Steichen Calderone was a physician and a public health advocate for sexual education. Her most notable feat was overturning the American Medical Association policy against the dissemination of birth control information to patients.

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