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Prince A. Morrow

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Prince A. Morrow
Born
Prince Albert Morrow

(1846-12-19)December 19, 1846
Mount Vernon, Christian County, Kentucky
DiedMarch 17, 1913(1913-03-17) (aged 66)
New York, New York
Occupation(s)Physician, educator
Spouse
Lucy Bibb Slaughter
(m. 1874)
Children6

Prince Albert Morrow (December 19, 1846 – March 17, 1913) was an American dermatologist, venereologist,[1] social hygienist, and early campaigner for sex education.

Biography

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Prince A. Morrow was born in Mount Vernon, Christian County, Kentucky on December 19, 1846. He married Lucy Bibb Slaughter in 1874, and they had six children.[2]

Morrow founded the Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, the first Social Hygiene association in the United States, in New York City on February 9, 1905.[3] In 1910, this organization joined with various other Social Hygiene association across the country to create the American Federation for Sex Hygiene with Morrow as president.[4][5][6] During the 1890s, he opposed plans for the annexation of Hawaii on grounds its population had high rate of leprosy.[7]

He died at his home in Manhattan on March 17, 1913.[8]

Works (partial list)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Page 119 "Framing Disease: Studies in Cultural History" 1992
  2. ^ Watson, Irving A., ed. (1896). Physicians and Surgeons of America: A Collection of Biographical Sketches of the Regular Medical Profession. Concord, New Hampshire: Republican Press Association. pp. 449–450. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Maurice A. Bigelow, Sex-Education: A Series of Lectures Concerning Knowledge of Sex and Its Relation to Human Life (The Macmillan Company, 1916) p. 227
  4. ^ History of Social Hygiene 1850-1930. American Social Hygiene Association. 1930. pp. 1–6.
  5. ^ Pivar, David (2002). Purity and Hygiene: Women, Prostitution and the "American Plan," 1900-1930. Westport: Greenwood Press. pp. 5–15, 25–27.
  6. ^ Steps in the Development of the A.S.H.A. American Social Hygiene Association. 1922. pp. 1–5.
  7. ^ "Leprosy and Hawaiian Annexation" North American Review, vol. 165 (1897) pp. 582-590.
  8. ^ "Dr. Prince A. Morrow, Sex Hygienist, Dead". The Evening World. March 18, 1913. p. 9. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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