Mary Calderone Quotes


Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.


Citations

Calderone, Mary Steichen. Release from Sexual Tensions: Toward an Understanding of Their Causes and Effects in Marriage. Random House, 1960.

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Mary Calderone
Mary Calderone
  • Born: July 1, 1904
  • Died: October 24, 1998
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Physician

Mary Steichen Calderone was an American physician and a public health advocate for sexual education. Her most notable feat was overturning the American Medical Association policy against the dissemination of birth control information to patients.