Juliet Barrett Rublee | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | March 2, 1875
Died | May 17, 1966 | (aged 91)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | film producer, birth control advocate |
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Juliet Barrett Rublee (March 2, 1875 - May 17, 1966) was an American birth control advocate, suffragist, and film producer. [1] [2] [3] She was married to George Rublee. [3]
Born in Chicago, Juliet Barrett Rublee was the heir to the Barrett Company, a roofing supply and tar manufacturer. [4] She attended Miss Porter's School. [4]
In 1899, Juliet married George Rublee, a Wilson appointee to the Federal Trade Commission. [4]
Juliet Rublee was a member of the Committee of 100 which was organized in January 1917 to protest the recent arrest of birth control activists in Brownsville, Brooklyn. [5] Other members of the Committee of 100 included Mary Ware Dennett, Rose Pastor Stokes, and Crystal Eastman. [5] They held a protest rally at Carnegie Hall on January 28, 1917, and published a booklet titled The Birth Control Movement, highlighting Sanger's work and the positive effects of family limitation. [5] Rublee was responsible for writing many of the materials produced by the Committee of 100. [4]
The Committee of 100 disbanded shortly after Sanger's trial ended, but Committee members continued to support Sanger and the birth control movement. [5] They funded the Birth Control Review, a monthly journal founded in 1917, and by lent their support to the First American Birth Control Conference, in held in 1921. [5]
Rublee was Sanger's most significant financial backer. [6] She helped Sanger establish herself among the wealthy and powerful in New York, Washington, and Chicago. [7] She also paid the rent of the Birth Control Review offices. [7]
She led a diving expedition for treasure in the Mediterranean Sea in 1925. [1]
She produced the silent film Flame of Mexico (1932), also known as The Soul of Mexico, The Heart of Mexico and Alma Mexicana. [3] Rublee invested $150,000 of her own money into the film. [3] It may be the first US feature motion picture made entirely in Mexico. [3]
Her papers are maintained by Smith College. [8]