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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
Jessie Laird Brodie, M.D. papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-244
Overview
Jessie Laird Brodie, M.D., also known as “Dr. Jessie,” was an internationally recognized physician and early pioneer of birth control legislation and family planning, active from the 1930s until the early 1970s. The Jessie Laird Brodie, M.D. papers document Brodie’s professional life and work, focusing on Brodie’s work for various causes and organizations in family planning and contraception, such as legislation for contraception in Oregon and the Planned Parenthood Association [just in...
Dates:
1923 - 1990
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- Contraception -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
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- Curricula 1
- Family planning 1
- Family planning -- Haiti 1
- Family planning -- Latin America 1
- Family planning -- Mexico 1
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- Medical Women's International Association 1
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- Missionaries, Medical 1
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- Pan American Medical Women's Alliance 1
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- War -- Medical aspects 1
- Women in medicine 1
- Women medical students 1
- Women physicians 1
- Women physicians -- United States 1
- Women's studies 1
- World War II 1
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- Brodie, Jessie Laird, M.D. (1898-1990) 1
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- Van Hoosen, Bertha, M.D., 1863-1952 1
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