Prince A. Morrow

Prince Albert Morrow (December 19, 1846 – March 17, 1913) was an American dermatologist, venereologist,^[1] social hygienist, and early campaigner for sex education.

Prince A. Morrow
Born	Prince Albert Morrow (1846-12-19)December 19, 1846 Mount Vernon, Christian County, Kentucky
Died	March 17, 1913(1913-03-17) (aged 66) New York, New York
Occupation(s)	Physician, educator
Spouse	Lucy Bibb Slaughter ​ (m. 1874)​
Children	6

Biography

Prince A. Morrow was born in Mount Vernon, Christian County, Kentucky on December 19, 1846. He married Lucy Bibb Slaughter in 1874, and they had six children.^[2]

Morrow founded the Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, the first Social Hygiene association in the United States, in New York City on February 9, 1905.^[3] In 1910, this organization joined with various other Social Hygiene association across the country to create the American Federation for Sex Hygiene with Morrow as president.^[4][5][6] During the 1890s, he opposed plans for the annexation of Hawaii on grounds its population had high rate of leprosy.^[7]

He died at his home in Manhattan on March 17, 1913.^[8]

Works (partial list)

• Drug Eruptions: A Clinical Study on the Irritant Effects of Drugs upon the Skin (1887)
• Atlas of Skin and Venereal Diseases (1889)
• (ed.) A System of Genito-Urinary Diseases, Syphilology and Dermatology (1893)
• Social Diseases and Marriage (1904)

See also

• Social hygiene movement
• Robert Latou Dickinson
• Maurice Bigelow