Edris Rice-Wray | |
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| Born | January 21, 1904 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | February 19, 1990 (aged 86) San Andres Cholula, Mexico |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Contraception |
Edris Roushan Rice-Wray (January 21, 1904 – February 19, 1990) was an American pioneer in medical research who was influential in studying the oral contraceptive pill.[1][2][page needed] Rice-Way headed a large-scale clinical trial of the first birth control pill in the late 1950s in Puerto Rico.
- ^ May, Elaine Tyler (2010). America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation. Basic Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-0465021543.
- ^ Tone, Andrea (May 2002). Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America. Macmillan. ISBN 9780809038169.