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Cheri Appel Oral HistoryFinding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteCheri Appel, M.D. a physician and early birth control worker received her MD degree from New York University College of Medicine in 1927. She worked with birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger and practiced gynecology in Sanger's clinic in New York City. She later directed a birth control clinic in Port Chester, NY. She taught a course integrating psychiatry and gynecology at New York Medical College, work at the Mt. Sinai adolescent clinic, and treated patients in the Metropolitan Hospital mental health clinic, while also maintaining her private practice. She was married to Dr. Benjamin Segal and had two children, Mimi S. Daitz and Anthony Pell. She died June 8, 2003. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionOral history of Cheri Appel, M.D., physician and early birth control worker primarily discussing her work with Margaret Sanger. The interview was conducted by Ellen Chesler in 1989. Audio tape and transcript included. NOTE: There is no container list for this collection. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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