Plaque

Marie Stopes - NW3

Inscription

Marie Carmichael Stopes, 1880 - 1958. Writer, dramatist and poet. Publicist of the campaign for sexual education. Advocate of family planning and founder of pioneer birth control clinic. Courageous crusader for the rights of women. Lived here during her first marriage to R.R. Gates.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund

Site: Marie Stopes - NW3 (1 memorial)

NW3, Well Walk, 14

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Marie Stopes - NW3

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Reginald Ruggles Gates

Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

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Marie Stopes

Born in Edinburgh. Scientist, writer, dramatist and poet. Publicist of the ca...

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Marie Stopes - NW3

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Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund

The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...

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