Katharine McCormick (1875-1967), a pioneer of the women's suffrage and birth control movements, also one of MIT's most important benefactors
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While an undergraduate, Katharine crossed swords with the MIT administration by refusing to wear a hat (as required by MIT policy for women)
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She successfully argued that the feathers posed a fire hazard when worn in laboratories.
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She personally funded the research that became the Pill.pic.twitter.com/suDBkyJlfO
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Relatedly, the history of development of this class of products has been remarkably advanced by the smallest handful of people.
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Turns out current IUDs, which look like the next major development since that Pill, were funded by Warren Buffett http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/warren-buffett-s-family-secretly-funded-a-birth-control-revolution …
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The thought of so few individuals able to have such a huge impact is really something to consider.
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