Singer, Eleanor (1903–1999)

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Singer, Eleanor (1903–1999)

English doctor. Born Nov 12, 1903, in Hampstead, London, England; died Sept 10, 1999; University College London, MS, 1929; m. Sidney Fink (Communist Party organizer in Great Britain, died 1943); m. Michael Barratt Brown (economist), 1948.

Important family-planning doctor, 1st qualified as a doctor (1941); conducted research on vitamins; served as the head of Save the Children Fund, the medical unit for postwar relief in the Balkans until 1948; after marriage to Michael Barratt Brown (1948), settled and worked in Colchester and later Sheffield and Derbyshire (1948–83); played an important role in the creation of the Young People's Consultation Centres, which offered advice on the then-controversial topic of birth control; taught at University of California, Berkeley. Decorated by Marshal Tito for work with women and children in Sarajevo.