Fania Mindell, 1917 Entrepreneur, activist, designer, translator, and founder of the Brownsville Clinic, Fania Mindell (1894 – 1969) in 1917. Photo in the public domain. Print Full Image Rights Public Domain Date / time 1917 Related contentThis Week in History: Fania Mindell arrested for distributing birth control materialEncyclopedia Article: Fania MindellEncyclopedia Article: Eastern European Immigrants in the United StatesEncyclopedia Article: American Birth Control Movement