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Mary Coffin Ware Dennett: References & Edit History

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Dennett’s life and work are chronicled in Constance M. Chen, “The Sex Side of Life”: Mary Ware Dennett’s Pioneering Battle for Birth Control and Sex Education (1996).

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 24, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 31, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 21, 2023
Media added. Aug 18, 2020
Add new Web site: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University - Biography of Mary Ware Dennett. Sep 27, 2016
Add new Web site: The Embryo Project Encyclopedia - Biography of Mary Coffin Ware Dennett. Sep 27, 2016
Article revised. Dec 17, 1999
New article added. Jun 03, 1999
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