Elizabeth B. Connell

Elizabeth B. Connell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on November 17, 1925. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the university's medical college in 1951. She began her medical career as a general practitioner in Blue Hill, Maine. After toon meer training in surgery, she decided to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology. She was a proponent of improving women's reproductive health including raising awareness about family planning and contraception. She was a researcher with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was on the editorial board of The Contraception Report from 1990 to 2001. She also wrote three books on contraception including The Contraception Sourcebook. She died of congestive heart failure on August 20, 2018 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder