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Dr Marie Stopes, worl famous pioneer of family planning, was one of the most discussed, best-hated, and best loved women of our time. When the died The Times assessed her acheivement: Dr Marie Stopes can fairly be said to have transformed theMoreDr Marie Stopes, worl famous pioneer of family planning, was one of the most discussed, best-hated, and best loved women of our time. When the died The Times assessed her acheivement: Dr Marie Stopes can fairly be said to have transformed the thought of her generation about the physical aspects of marriage and the role of contraception in married life.She left papers, letters and records of sex cases to the Royal Society of Literature and to the British Museum, including material marked For My Autobiography - documents which have all been made available for this biography.Keith Briant writes from over twenty years knowledge of her complex and contradictory character. He analyses the personality of this extraordinary woman - so courageous and cantankerous, brilliant and obstinate, argumentative and tender. Although she brought a fuller life to countless men and women, she was often baffled in her own quest for personal happiness. The story of her private life combines the elements of romance, melodrama, persecution and Greek tragedy.Marie Stopes met or corresponded with many of the great personalities of the world. Her literary relations and friendships with Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Walter de la Mare, Havelock Ellis, Thomas Hardy, Arnold Bennet, Laurence Binyon, Edmund Blunden and the Poet Laureate reveal her in new light. Of particular interest is the story of her strange relationship woth Lord Alfred Douglas and their frank discussions on love, homosexuality and Oscar Wilde. Passionate Paradox: the Life of Marie Stopes by Keith Briant
