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

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Marie Stopes

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Heath & (Old) Hampstead Society / Hampstead Plaque Fund

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