Background
Ferguson, Frances Hand was born on April 9, 1907 in New York City. Daughter of Learned and Frances (Fincke) Hand.
Ferguson, Frances Hand was born on April 9, 1907 in New York City. Daughter of Learned and Frances (Fincke) Hand.
AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1929; Master of Arts in Psychology, Columbia University, 1931; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1933-1935.
Teacher, Brearley School, 1936-1938;
director courses, New York chapter American Women's Volunteer Svc., 1939-1940;
successively New York chapter president, national chairman field committee, Executive Committee, Planned Parenthood Federation American, 1940-1951;
president, Planned Parenthood Federation American, 1953-1956;
chairman, 1st president, Planned Parenthood Federation American, 1959-1965. Volunteer research technician Memorial Hospital, 1941-1942. Board directors International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1953-1995, vice president, 1959-1962, treasurer, 1970-1973.
Board directors Euthanasia Society, 1955-1962, American Eugenics Society, 1957-1963. Member of national committee Maternal Health, 1957-1963, Human Betterment Association, 1956-1964, Association for Volunteer Sterilization, 1964-1985, Association for Study Abortion, 1967-1970, Association for Volunteer Surgical Contraception, 1985-1995.
Member Association for Volunteer Surgical Contraceptive.
Married Robert Munro Ferguson, November 10, 1933. Children: Patty M., Robert Her Majesty, Phyllis M.