Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 March 17, 1951) was an American feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in the United States. Hepburn served as president of the Connecticut Woman’s Suffrage Association before joining the National Woman’s Party. Alongside Margaret Sanger, Hepburn co-founded the organization that would become Planned Parenthood.
