Birth control pill pioneer Sam Leonard dies at age 101

You may also like these news :

• Author and publisher rights for academic use: an appropriate balance
• News: Swansea animation conference back for 2007 [10/09/2007]
• University Reports Rise In Acceptances From '06

Samuel Leeson Leonard, Cornell professor emeritus of zoology, died Nov. 12. He is known for discovering that estrogen could be used as a contraceptive -- the finding that led to the creation of the birth control pill.

Click here for the source

Back