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Alan Guttmacher with a priest
Guttmacher participated in panel discussions and open discourses with religious leaders regarding birth control usage and the legalization of abortion in the United States
Alan Guttmacher, with wife Leonore, and a Fillipino colleague
Guttmacher heightened Planned Parenthood of America’s international profile by expanding the organization’s mission to include the prevention of global overpopulation and the encouragement of prenatal care for expectant mothers. Here,…
Alan Guttmacher at Cincinnati Planned Parenthood Open House
Guttmacher frequently appeared at events hosted by local affiliates such as this open house in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1964.
What Progress Toward More Effective Birth Control?
While Stone expanded services at the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau to include fertility services and marital counseling, his national profile increased. He lectured internationally and contributed to popular publications like Readers Digest.
Abraham Stone with three men and a woman
Stone partnered with international family planning colleagues in efforts to prevent global overpopulation during the 1950s.
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger was an advocate for the legal distribution of birth control in the United States from the 1920s until her death in 1966. Sanger worked closely with Hannah Stone and later Abraham Stone at the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in New…
Alan F. Guttmacher
Alan Frank Guttmacher (1893-1974) was a trained obstetrician and gynecologist in Baltimore, Md. and New York City who began advocating for easier access to birth control and legalized abortion in the United States after witnessing a woman die due to…
Abraham Stone
Abraham Stone (1890-1959) began his career as an urologist in New York City in the 1920s, and later expanded his specialties to include marriage counseling and family planning services. He became active in the family planning movement with his wife,…
Abortion Calls to Alan Guttmacher
Guttmacher as President of Planned Parenthood received telephone calls from women of diverse backgrounds and family situations seeking abortion assistance before abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973.
Letter to Alan Guttmacher from Leo J. Holmsten
Before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 legalizing abortion in the United States, many physicians wrote to Guttmacher pleading for increased advocacy and education of birth control and abortions in the United States. Physicians and…
Alan Guttmacher's Calendar
Guttmacher’s schedule included traveling to national and international conferences, lecturing to various audiences including local Planned Parenthood centers, and training medical professionals on the importance of birth control. His journals…
Planned Parenthood-World Population, President’s Letter from Alan Guttmacher
Guttmacher strengthened the Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s connections with the International Planned Parenthood Federation by increasing his international activities as President. Guttmacher traveled to Cuba in 1966 to address the…
Storrs, Connecticut Poster
As Planned Parenthood expanded its services to include fertility services and contraception for child spacing purposes, the organization remained close to its original purpose: to provide accessible birth control to individuals. Guttmacher often…
Certificate from Blue Grass Airport
Guttmacher traveled to urban and rural destinations as Planned Parenthood President. He lectured on the importance of birth control, met with local family planning leaders, and appeared at Planned Parenthood affiliate offices.
Letter to Guttmacher from Brooklyn, New York
For every letter of dissenting views Guttmacher received, he read an equal amount of letters commending his work. This letter, written by a single mother, encourages Planned Parenthood to reach out to poorer communities where birth control was not…
Hate letter to Guttmacher
Guttmacher received letters from individuals disagreeing with the Planned Parenthood’s mission and services. Many wrote to Guttmacher with ideological and religious differences.
A Marriage Manual manuscript
A Marriage Manual was published by Hannah and Abraham Stone as a guide to healthy marriages. It was one of the first books published on the subject of marriage, and was widely received by its audience. The book was written in the character of a…
Notice from the Treasury Department, United States Customs Service, to Abraham Stone
Importation of contraceptives from the United Kingdom was closely monitored by United States customs authorities. In 1942, Stone’s colleagues in London shipped volpar paste, used in contraception devices in the United Kingdom, to him. The…
Letter from “Woman’s Activities” to Hannah Stone
Stone received letters from women of various backgrounds requesting information on safe and legal birth control.