Marie Stopes
(1880-1958), Palaeobotanist and pioneer and advocate of birth controlMarie 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'.
by Sir Gerald Kelly
oil on canvas, 1953
NPG 4111
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127854
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
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127856
Harry Stopes-Roe; Marie Stopes
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 June 1924
NPG x127857
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222335
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222336
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222337
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1934
NPG x222338
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1948
NPG x92033
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1948
NPG x93051
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