PRESS RELEASE ON THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE FOR Dr. DOROTHEA  W.  SINTON  M.B., Ch.B.       1899  to  1987   On  Friday September 23rd  at 12 noon,  a commemorative plaque will be unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle  at  18 North Avenue in Gosforth.  This is to mark the significant contribution of Dr. Dorothea W. Sinton to medical and wellbeing services to the poorest women in Newcastle,  particularly in providing birth control advice which was in its infancy in the 1920’s.  This was during a period when birth control was considered  against the teaching of established religious groups. and women found it extremely difficult to secure gynaecological support.   This event welcomes members of the public to come and honour a pioneering woman in our city.    The plaque is being sponsored by Soroptimist International Newcastle upon Tyne,  a voluntary women’s organisation dedicated  to educating, enabling and empowering