Marian Tompson

June 2011 in Evanston, Illinois

Marian Leonard Tompson is one of the seven founders of La Leche League International.[1] She was President of La Leche League for 24 years, from 1956 to 1980, and a member of the Founders Advisory Council. Wife of the late Clement Tompson, she is the mother of seven children, a grandmother and great-grandmother. An early advocate of home birth, four of her children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren were born at home.