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Marie Stopes

(1880-1958), Palaeobotanist and pioneer and advocate of birth control

Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes

Sitter in 14 portraits
A pioneering advocate of sex education and family planning and the author of the best-selling books Married Love and Wise Parenthood (1918), which brought the question of family planning into the public arena. She opened several birth control clinics in England. In addition, Stopes had a successful career as a paleobotanist, studying fossil plants and published papers on the composition of coal. The artist Sir Gerald Kelly greatly admired Stopes, describing her as the 'most remarkable woman, whose fame will outlive so many'.

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Marie Stopes, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(340)

Marie Stopes

by Sir David Low
pencil, 1933 or before
NPG 4529(340)

Marie Stopes, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(341)

Marie Stopes

by Sir David Low
pencil, 1933
NPG 4529(341)

Marie Stopes, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127854

Marie Stopes

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127854

Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127855

Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127855

Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127856

Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127856

Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x127857

Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127857

Marie Stopes, by Yevonde - NPG x222335

Marie Stopes

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222335

Marie Stopes, by Yevonde - NPG x222336

Marie Stopes

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222336

Marie Stopes, by Yevonde - NPG x222337

Marie Stopes

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222337

Marie Stopes, by Yevonde - NPG x222338

Marie Stopes

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222338

Marie Stopes, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x93051

Marie Stopes

by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1948
NPG x93051

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Marie Stopes

by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1948
NPG x93050

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