Marie Stopes

Definitions of Marie Stopes
  1. noun
    birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
    synonyms: Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, Stopes
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    birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer
    a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning
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