Her husband is Frank Maxwell (26 March 1966 - 21 January 1996) ( her death), Kane Wallace Lynn (3 December 1944 - 12 May 1953) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Arthur William Debernarde (21 February 1942 - 11 January 1943) ( his death) ( 1 child) Familyįrank Maxwell (26 March 1966 - 21 January 1996) ( her death), Kane Wallace Lynn (3 December 1944 - 12 May 1953) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Arthur William Debernarde (21 February 1942 - 11 January 1943) ( his death) ( 1 child)
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We will update Rita Lynn's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. Rita Lynn Height, Weight & MeasurementsĪt 75 years old, Rita Lynn height not available right now. She is a member of famous Actress with the age 75 years old group. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 2 December. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of Rita Lynn networth? Popular As Discover Rita Lynn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. In Michigan History, September/October 2012.Rita Lynn (Frances Rita Piazza) was born on 2 December, 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, is an Actress. Katharine Dexter McCormick: Scientist, Suffragist, Social Activist. Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for women's rights. McCormick also funded Stanley McCormick Hall at MIT, an all-female dormitory that opened in 1963 and allowed MIT to increase its housing for female students from around 50 students to 200 students.įields, A (2003). After the pill was approved, McCormick continued to fund Pincus' research into ways to improve the pill.īelieving that her husband's schizophrenia was caused by a defective adrenal gland, McCormick founded the Neuroendocrine Research Foundation at Harvard Medical School in 1927, funding the foundation and the publication of the journal Endocrinology until her husband's death in 1947. In 1953, Sanger introduced her to Gregory Pincus, who was researching the development of hormonal birth control, and she began funding his research foundation, the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Over the next several decades, McCormick provided funding for various projects and supported legislative efforts. After passage of the 19th Amendment, she began working with Sanger on birth control, including helping plan the first American Birth Control Conference in 1921 and smuggling diaphragms from Europe into the U.S. McCormick met Margaret Sanger in 1917 through her connections in the suffrage movement.
In 1919, she helped Carrie Chapman Catt found the League of Women Voters. During World War I, McCormick was chairwoman of the association's War Service Department and a member of the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense. She also funded the association's publication, the Woman's Journal. In 1912, she became treasurer of NAWSA, and in 1914, she was elected vice president. In 1911, was elected corresponding secretary of the International Woman Suffrage Association and appointed member-at-large of the National American Woman Suffrage Association board and that organization's auditor. In 1909, McCormick became active in the women's suffrage movement in Massachusetts, providing her wealth, organizational skill and speaking talents. In 1906, he was diagnosed with what is now called schizophrenia, and in 1909 he was declared legally incompetent. She married Stanley Robert McCormick, heir to the International Harvester fortune, on September 15, 1904. She also joined the College Equal Suffrage League. While a student, she successfully argued that a rule requiring female students to wear feathered hats was a fire hazard in laboratories, and MIT changed their policy. In 1904, she earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the second woman to graduate from MIT. Her family was wealthy, and both of her parents believed in the education of women. McCormick was born on August 27, 1875, in Dexter, Michigan, and grew up in Chicago. Katharine Dexter McCormick was a biologist, suffragist and philanthropist.
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