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17 march 1951 west hartford , connecticut , usa buffalo , new york , usa katharine martha houghton hepburn 2 february 1878 dr. thomas norval hepburn katharine martha houghton hepburn detail.jpg katharine martha houghton hepburn
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katharine martha houghton hepburn

katharine martha houghton hepburn -lrb- february 2 , 1878 -- march 17 , 1951 -rrb- was an american feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in the united states .
hepburn served as president of the connecticut woman suffrage association before joining the national woman 's party .
alongside margaret sanger , hepburn co-founded the organization that would become planned parenthood .
she was the mother of academy award winning actress katharine hepburn .
