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Sumitro Djojohadikusumo

Sumitro Djojohadikusumo (1917–2001) was an Indonesian statesman and economist. Widely considered to be Indonesia's most influential policymaker during his time, he joined the republican government during the Indonesian National Revolution after his economics education in the Netherlands. During Indonesia's era of liberal democracy, he served once as industry and trade minister and twice as finance minister. Unpopular due to his stance favoring foreign investment, he joined the insurrectionary Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia, operating from abroad as the movement's fundraiser and foreign minister. Following the movement's defeat, he remained abroad in exile until Suharto took power and invited him back. Appointed as trade minister in 1968 and research minister in 1973, Sumitro also established private business interests and a political presence for his family. After his departure from government in 1978, he continued to work as an economist until his death. (Full article...)

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Marie Stopes (1880–1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist, and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. After obtaining a doctorate from the University of Munich, Stopes was appointed to the faculty of the Victoria University of Manchester, becoming its first female academic. She went on to make significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, assisting the British government with her coal expertise during World War I. From 1913, Stopes began writing on issues of marriage, parenthood and women's reproductive rights. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, she founded the first birth control clinic in Britain. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. She was also a believer in eugenics, being described in her biography by June Rose as "an elitist, an idealist, interested in creating a society in which only the best and beautiful should survive". This 1904 photograph shows Stopes at work in her laboratory in Manchester.

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