Portrait of Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
Date
ca. 1909
Sitter
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880 - 1958, British) , Sexologist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 216mm
width (print): 144mm
width (print): 144mm
Subject
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Women's rights
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Eugenics
> Law and legislation
> Women's rights
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Eugenics
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Marie Stopes, facing directly to the viewer, and printed with a facsimile signature.
Frontispiece to the book A journal from Japan: a daily record of life as seen by a scientist by Marie C. Stopes (London, Blackie & Son, 1910). Printed below: ‘Yours very truly, M.C.Stopes.’
In Stopes's introduction to this account of travels in Japan she acknowledges grant support from the Royal Society: “A purely scientific interest in coal mines and the fossils they often contain led me to desire to go to Japan, for purely scientific purposes. My naturally roving instincts warmly supported the scheme…The generous interest and help of the Royal Society in my scientific projects made this long and expensive journey possible. The influence of this learned body with our Government and with that of Japan secured me every help…”
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880 – 1958) British sexologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Stopes was originally a palaeobotanist, but is best remembered as a pioneer advocate of birth control and author of Married Love (1916) and Wise Parenthood (1918). She was also a campaigner for eugenics and life Fellow of the Eugenics Education Society, which influenced her advocacy work.
Frontispiece to the book A journal from Japan: a daily record of life as seen by a scientist by Marie C. Stopes (London, Blackie & Son, 1910). Printed below: ‘Yours very truly, M.C.Stopes.’
In Stopes's introduction to this account of travels in Japan she acknowledges grant support from the Royal Society: “A purely scientific interest in coal mines and the fossils they often contain led me to desire to go to Japan, for purely scientific purposes. My naturally roving instincts warmly supported the scheme…The generous interest and help of the Royal Society in my scientific projects made this long and expensive journey possible. The influence of this learned body with our Government and with that of Japan secured me every help…”
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880 – 1958) British sexologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Stopes was originally a palaeobotanist, but is best remembered as a pioneer advocate of birth control and author of Married Love (1916) and Wise Parenthood (1918). She was also a campaigner for eugenics and life Fellow of the Eugenics Education Society, which influenced her advocacy work.
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