Katharine Dexter McCormick (August 27, 1875 – December 28, 1967) was a U.S. biologist, suffragette, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick fortune. She is well remembered today for funding most of the research necessary to develop the birth control pill.

Katharine McCormick is a character in T.C. Boyle's novel Riven Rock (1998), which is mainly about her husband Stanley 's mental illness.

She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.

Further reading

• Armond Fields : Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women's Rights (2003) ( ISBN 0275980049 )

External link

• Correspondence between Margaret Sanger and McCormick