Dr. Helen Winthrop Edey (1912-1998)

She was the Chairman and longtime Treasurer of the Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception (now AVSC International), eg., vasectomies for men and tubal ligation for women. The association is based in New York and works in the United States and more than 40 other countries to provide training and other support to health care professionals in the fields of family planning and reproductive health. Dr. Allan Rosenfield, Dean of the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, said, "Dr. Edey became a psychiatrist after her four children were born and had a remarkable professional career, both as a psychiatrist and as an individual who was very much concerned about women's reproductive health and rights."