Stopes — may refer to: *Marie Stopes (1880 1958), Scottish author *Stopes, rooms supported by surrounding pillars of standing rock in Hard rock miningee also*Stull Stoping, an underground mining method … Wikipedia
Stopes — Stopes, Ma|rie (1880 1958) a British scientist who in 1921 started the first ↑clinic (=a place where people can go for medical treatment and advice) offering practical help with ↑birth control (=methods for controlling the number of children you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Stopes — noun birth control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880 1958) • Syn: ↑Marie Stopes, ↑Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes • Instance Hypernyms: ↑birth control campaigner, ↑birth control reformer … Useful english dictionary
stopes — n. step shaped excavation in a mine used to extract mined ore from very steep shafts v. remove ore from a mine via a system of stopes … English contemporary dictionary
Stopes,Marie Carmichael — Stopes (stōps), Marie Carmichael. 1880 1958. British paleontologist and social reformer who opened England s first birth control clinic (1924) in London and later promoted family planning in the Far East. * * * … Universalium
Stopes, Marie — ▪ British botanist and social worker in full Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes born Oct. 15, 1880, Edinburgh, Scot. died Oct. 2, 1958, near Dorking, Surrey, Eng. advocate of birth control who, in 1921, founded the United Kingdom s first… … Universalium
Stopes — (1880–1958) a Scottish scientist who was one of the first people to write and teach people about sex and contraception (= ways of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant). She wrote two important books on the subject in 1918, Married Love and… … Universalium
Stopes — /stoʊps/ (say stohps) noun Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English pioneer of birth control …
Marie Stopes — ➡ Stopes * * * … Universalium
Marie Stopes — Marie Carmichael Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 Born … Wikipedia
