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...

Content Description Collection includes Martinez-Alvarez’s WMCP commencement materials, including a program, announcements, and winter dance card, 1911; Board of Medical Examiners certificate (issued in Puerto Rico) with the signatures of the newly inducted president and secretary, 1926; WMCP commencement program and letter from Alumnae Association, 1961; small amount of correspondence, 1985-1987; Anti-Tuberculosis League flyer (in Spanish); materials from the American Medicine “50 Year Club”, including a...

Abstract The Lida Poynter collection on Dr. Mary E. Walker consists of Poynter’s unpublished manuscript and research notes on the life of Dr. Mary E. Walker. Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a physician who served as a surgeon during the Civil War. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service and remains the only woman to have received the Medal. Throughout her life, she wrote, lectured and taught on medicine, dress reform, suffrage, and women’s rights, in general. In addition to Poynter's...