10 Facts About Elizabeth Karlin

Elizabeth Ann Karlin was an American doctor of internal medicine and women's health as well a leading advocate for women's reproductive rights.

Originally from New York City, Elizabeth Karlin worked for a short time in Tanzania, where her husband Steven Feierman was engaging in research, before returning to her home in Madison, Wisconsin where she worked throughout the duration of her career.

Elizabeth Karlin attended and graduated from Bronx High School of Science, an elite and specialized public high school in New York City; she graduated at 16 years old.

Elizabeth Karlin then went on to achieve her bachelor's degree from Antioch College in Ohio.

At the beginning of her career, Elizabeth Karlin worked as a general practitioner in Tanzania.

In 1990, after concern about the lack of physicians trained in abortions, Elizabeth Karlin changed her practice from internal medicine to women's health after first studying with a fellow physician in Madison.

Elizabeth Karlin then became the director of the Women's Clinic in Madison Wisconsin's West Side.

Elizabeth Karlin thought of herself as an unapologetic feminist physician and fought for women's reproductive rights and female healthcare.

Elizabeth Karlin died at the age of 54 on July 27,1998, in her home in Wisconsin, due to complications from a brain tumor.

Elizabeth Karlin was survived by her children Joshua and Jessica Feierman and her partner Anne Topham.