Van Hoosen, Bertha, M.D., 1863-1952
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1863 - 1952
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American Medical Women's Association records
Collection
Identifier: WM-037
Overview
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) was founded on November 18, 1915, by a dedicated group of women physicians at the Chicago Women’s Club. Originally called Medical Women’s National Association (MWNA) until 1937, AMWA has advocated for women in the medical professions and the equal treatment of women in medicine since its inception. AMWA continues to serve the United States and the international community in medical service needs and acts as an important lobbying force for...
Dates:
1847 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1917-1978
American Women’s Hospitals records
Collection
Identifier: WM-144
Abstract
The collection contains the primary source material for a thorough institutional history of a major women's service organization that spans three-quarters of a century. Issues of professionalization, volunteerism, and social and occupational networks as they relate to women's professional and social careers are well-documented. The AWH records provide the sources to examine a classic example of a woman's association that self-consciously bridged private and public domains, actively sought to...
Dates:
1917-1982
Bertha Van Hoosen papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-145
Overview
Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-1952), a doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in Chicago, IL, founded the American Medical Women's Association. Her collection includes correspondence, journal articles, plans for a Medical Women's Library at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, teaching material, images, and bibliographic material regarding women in medicine. A large part of the collection concerns Van Hoosen's interests in the National Medical Women's Association, later the American...
Dates:
1913 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950
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- Biographies 2
- Correspondence 2
- Photographs 2
- Women in medicine 2
- Women physicians 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals 2
- American Medical Women's Association 1
- American Women's Hospitals 1
- Anesthetics 1
- Articles 1
- Audiovisual materials 1
- Card indexes 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Curricula 1
- Gynecology 1
- Libraries 1
- Medical Women's International Association 1
- Medical education 1
- Medical journals -- articles 1
- Medical libraries 1
- Medicine 1
- Medicine -- History 1
- Missionaries, Medical 1
- Obstetrics 1
- Physicians 1
- Publications 1
- War -- Medical aspects 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women in medicine -- History 1
- Women medical students 1
- World War II 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals 1 ∧ less
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