Women’s History Month Highlight: Jean Purdy
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At RMA, we are celebrating Women’s History Month by shining a spotlight on women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, and medicine. Our third spotlight is on Jean Purdy, who was instrumental in the first In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) birth in the world.
You’ve probably heard of that birth, of Louise Brown, born July 25, 1978, in England. And you’ve probably heard of the two men who invented the procedure, IVF, used to help Mrs. Brown’s parents conceive outside the body – Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards, who won the Nobel Prize for the achievement