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Yarros was deeply affected by the suicide of one of her patients. A young woman had become pregnant and had been abandoned by her fiancé, and she was afraid of the ramifications that pregnancy would have for her career as a business supervisor. The woman saw Yarros in her office and begged for an
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301:, they were focused on emphasizing sex education for white men. Yarros believed in and campaigned for sex education for women and minorities. "Experiences of a Lecturer", one such speech that was delivered to the ASHA membership in 1918, was later published in the journal
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