Virginia Johnson, the
pioneering sex researcher who was part of the groundbreaking team Masters and
Johnson,
died Tuesday in St. Louis at age 88. Masters and Johnson conducted
the first modern research on sexuality and the treatment of sexual dysfunction
that paved the way for the sexual revolution.
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| William Masters, Virginia Johnson |
The
work of Johnson and William H. Masters, who were married to each other, began in the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at Washington University in St.
Louis and continued at the independent not-for-profit research institution
they founded in St. Louis in 1964,
originally called the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation and renamed the Masters & Johnson Institute
in 1978.
Cleveland native Masters died in 2001.
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