Founded by Doctor Charles Vickery Drysdale as the National Birth Control Council, formed by the merger of five birth control societies. Name changed to the National Birth Control Association in 1931, to the Family Planning Association in 1939, and to FPA in 1998.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Family Planning Association
Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale, 1874 - 1961, a founder of the Family Planning As...
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Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Theatre
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Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare, Australia
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Person, Children, Gender Issues, Race Issues, Social Welfare
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