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William J. (William Josephus) Robinson
1867–1936
A doctor, editor, and outspoken reformer, he wrote boldly about sex education, marriage, and birth control at a time when those subjects were often kept out of public discussion. His work blends medical writing with social argument, giving modern listeners a vivid sense of early 20th-century debates over health, freedom, and family life.
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Woman Her Sex and Love Life
by William J. (William Josephus) Robinson
About the author
Born in 1867 and deceased in 1936, William Josephus Robinson was an American physician, sexologist, and birth control advocate. He served as chief of the Department of Genito-Urinary Diseases at Bronx Hospital Dispensary and edited the American Journal of Urology and Sexology.
Robinson became known for pushing difficult public questions into the open. Sources describe him as active in the U.S. birth control movement, and he is often noted for arguing that contraceptive knowledge should be taught as part of medicine and public education. That made him a controversial and important voice in debates about sexual health, marriage, and personal freedom.
He also wrote extensively for general readers as well as medical audiences. His books range from practical discussions of marriage and sexual problems to more openly philosophical and freethought-oriented works, showing a writer who was interested not only in health but in how people should live.