Brownsville Clinic
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Brownsville Clinic was an early 20th-century birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York, notable as one of the first such clinics in the United States and a key site in the history of reproductive rights.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
birth control clinic
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health clinic ⓘ historical site of reproductive rights ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Ethel Byrne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fania Mindell NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
birth control movement
ⓘ
reproductive rights movement ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Ethel Byrne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fania Mindell NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Brownsville, a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in early 20th-century Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Planned Parenthood
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subsequent birth control clinics in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfService |
English
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| legacy |
cited in histories of American reproductive rights
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symbol of early struggle for legal birth control in the United States ⓘ |
| legalContext |
challenged New York State laws restricting contraception
ⓘ
operated in defiance of the Comstock laws ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | closure ordered by authorities in 1916 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn, New York City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brownsville, Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableEvent |
arrest of Ethel Byrne in 1916
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arrest of Fania Mindell in 1916 ⓘ arrest of Margaret Sanger in 1916 ⓘ raided by police in 1916 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1916-10-16 ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
law enforcement authorities
ⓘ
supporters of Comstock laws ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide birth control information
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to provide contraceptive services to women ⓘ to serve working-class and immigrant women ⓘ |
| serviceType |
contraceptive counseling
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distribution of contraceptive devices ⓘ sexual health education ⓘ |
| significance |
early test case for legal restrictions on contraception information and services
ⓘ
key site in the history of reproductive rights in the United States ⓘ one of the first birth control clinics in the United States ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
immigrant women
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working-class women ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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