Jean Medawar

Jean Shinglewood Medawar, Lady Medawar (née Taylor; 7 February 1913 – 3 May 2005) was a British writer and former chairman of the Family Planning Association. Medawar was the wife of Sir Peter Medawar. Medawar's mother was born in St Louis, Missouri to a British and American family. Medawar was a surviving twin, and the eldest of three daughters. In 1935, Medawar earned her BSc in zoology.

Career Research Whilst at Oxford Medawar joined the pathology department under Howard Florey where she conducted research on the origin and development of lymphocytes using tissue-culture techniques. She also worked with the Citizens' Advice Bureau, the National Marriage Guidance Council and also with young offenders at HM Prison Holloway at Hampstead. She was appointed chairman of the FPA in 1966, owing to the death of Margaret Pyke, and held the post till 1970. She co-founded the Margaret Pyke Centre for Study and Training in Family Planning and the Margaret Pyke Memorial Trust in 1968,

In the 1930s, the Medawars joined the Labour Party, which opposed appeasement with Nazi Germany,

Works [with David Pyke] [With Peter Brian Medawar]

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