Mary Barton
Obstetrician who founded a fertility clinic in London · Lived 1905 to 1990 · aged 85
Mary Barton was a British obstetrician who, in the 1930s, founded one of the first fertility clinics in England to offer donor insemination. Throughout her career, Barton studied infertility and conception.
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Her pioneering research and practice were inspired by experience as a medical missionary in India, where she saw the harsh treatment of childless women.