U.S. National Institutes of Health

Mary Steichen Calderone, MD — administration (foundation director)

Courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, photograph by Henry Grossman

Dr. Mary Steichen Calderone (1904–1998) founded the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) to promote sex and sexuality as healthy, normal parts of life. Her efforts to prepare young people for safe and fulfilling sex lives as adults were revolutionary.

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