Mary Dennett
Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 – July 25, 1947) was an American women's rights activist, pacifist,
homeopathic advocate, and pioneer in the areas of
birth control,
sex education, and
women's suffrage. She co-founded the
National Birth Control League in 1915 together with Jessie Ashley and Clara Gruening Stillman. She founded the
Voluntary Parenthood League, served in the
National American Women's Suffrage Association, co-founded the Twilight Sleep Association, and wrote a famous pamphlet on sex education and birth control. A famous legal case against her eventually became the catalyst for overturning the
Comstock laws.
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