Katharine McCormick
<p>Apr 02, 2013 09:00 PM
 
 
Cori Bargmann gave endowed lecture today at Stfd.
 
 
many famous prev speakers:  Liz Blackburn,  Huda Zoghbi, Carol Greider, et al.
 
McCormick:  major donor to Planned Parenthood and major funder of BCP development;
also built women's dorm at MIT.
 
Katherine Dexter McCormick  1875 to 1967:  US Biologist, suffragist, and
philanthropist:  best known for
support of research to development first birth control pill.
 
2nd woman to graduate from MIT.  Planned to go to med school, but postposned
after marriage to Stanly McCormick, heir to Intl Harvester fortune.
 
She organized much of the efforts to ratify Women's Rights Amendment!
 
Stanley passed away in 1947.</p>