Ethel Higgins Byrne

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Ethel Higgins Byrne was an American birth control activist and nurse who co-founded the first birth control clinic in the United States alongside her sister Margaret Sanger.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf birth control activist
birth control clinic
human
nurse
alsoKnownAs Ethel Byrne NERFINISHED
areaOfActivism access to contraception
women's rights
causeOfNotability imprisonment for birth control advocacy
child Jack Byrne Jr. NERFINISHED
Olive Byrne NERFINISHED
coFounded Brownsville Clinic NERFINISHED
first birth control clinic in the United States
coFoundedWith Fania Mindell NERFINISHED
Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED
country United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1883
dateOfDeath 1955
employer Brownsville Clinic NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish American
familyName Byrne NERFINISHED
father Michael Higgins NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork family planning
public health
reproductive rights
givenName Ethel NERFINISHED
hasRelative Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brooklyn NERFINISHED
mother Anne Higgins NERFINISHED
movement birth control movement
notableEvent arrest for distributing birth control information
notableFor helping establish the first birth control clinic in the United States
notableWork co-founding the first birth control clinic in the United States
occupation birth control activist
nurse
placeOfActivity United States of America
placeOfBirth Corning, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
sexOrGender female
sibling Margaret Sanger NERFINISHED
spouse Jack Byrne NERFINISHED

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Margaret Sanger sibling Ethel Higgins Byrne
Planned Parenthood founder Ethel Higgins Byrne
this entity surface form: Ethel Byrne