A Yesterday's Witness special
Sixty years ago there wasn't a single family planning clinic in this country. Then, the late Dr Marie Stopes wrote Married Love and Wise Parenthood-and sparked off a social revolution.
The advocates of birth control who founded and staffed the first clinics fought a fierce battle against ignorance and prejudice.
Some of those pioneers recall that fight to help free women from the fear of unwanted pregnancies. Taking part
Dr Helena Wright , Dr Evelyn Fisher Dr Olive Gimson , Baroness Stocks Charts
Frankenburg Alicia Fleming , Cecily Mure Elizabeth Richardson
Produced and directed by STEPHEN PEET