Born 9 Feb 1854; died 10 Aug 1929 at age 75.

Dutch #physician who pioneered family planning with the world's #first #birth #control #clinic. As the first woman to attend university in the Netherlands, she studied #medicine, and became the country's first woman doctor. She took over her father's medical practice in Amsterdam. Soon she limited her practice to #women and #children, also holding a free clinic for the poor twice a week. In 1881, Jacobs undertook the first systematic study of contraception. Many of her patients were worn down from too many #pregnancies, and in 1882 she began prescribing #diaphragms as birth control, effectively opening the first birth control clinic in the world. She taught #hygiene and child care, and strongly campaigned on women's #health and #safety #issue, leading to new laws.

#BirthControl #ChildCare