WRIGHT, Helena Rosa, née Lowenfeld, English gynaecologist, 1888-1982. Trained first at the Royal Free Hospital, then for the RAMC at Bethnal Green Hospital during WW1. Helena met her husband to be, a surgeon, at Bethnal Green Hospital. Later she qualified in gynaecology. Soon after the family went to China and Helena lectured at Shantung Christian U. from 1922-7. They travelled home via the Trans-Siberian Railway. The invention of disposable nappies is believed to have its origins here, since her baby of a few months age slept in the luggage rack throughout. On a stopover in Berlin, Helena learned of some new intra-uterine devices for contraception. After arriving in London, she immediately founded a free clinic giving advice on sexual matters and contraception. A founder of The National Birth-Control Council in 1930, the organisation that later became known as the Family Planning Association. Also in 1930, she wrote ‘The Sex-Factor in Marriage’. After her retirement, Helena advised overseas students in London about family planning. Finally in 1968, at the age of 80, she wrote ‘Sex and Society’.