Katharine McCormick’s unwavering advocacy helped shape the women’s suffrage movement, the League of Women Voters, and modern reproductive health, including funding the first birth control pill.
Editor’s Note: Katharine Dexter McCormick, the granddaughter of our founder, Samuel Dexter, was born on August 27,1875, here in Dexter in Gordon Hall. During her life she made a significant impact on women’s equality in the areas of suffrage, birth control and education. To commemorate the life of one of our own on the 150th anniversary of her birth, the Dexter Area Historical Society has written a series of articles to share her amazing story with you.
This is the second article in the series, telling of her work for women’s rights and health.…