Eliot, Martha M. (Martha May), 1891-1978

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Dates:
Birth 1891-04-07
Death 1978-02-14
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Physician.

From the description of Reminiscences of Martha May Eliot : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376669

From the description of Reminiscences of Martha May Eliot and William M. Schmidt : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419486

Pediatrician and expert on children's health (Radcliffe, 1913; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1918), Eliot was a founder of the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and the fourth head of the Children's Bureau. She taught at the Harvard School of Public Health, headed the Massachusetts Committee on Children and Youth, and conducted pioneering research on rickets.

From the description of Additional papers, 1870-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 539585029

From the description of Papers, 1949-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122576170

From the description of Papers, 1870-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122407319

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Subjects:

  • Birth control
  • Child care
  • Child health services
  • Child welfare
  • Crippled children
  • Health insurance
  • International agencies
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Maternal and infant welfare
  • Medical care
  • Nutrition
  • Physicians
  • Physicians
  • Women physicians
  • Women physicians
  • Public health
  • Public health
  • Public health
  • Public welfare
  • Rehabilitation
  • Rickets
  • Social security
  • Social security
  • Women in science
  • Women's health services
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Pediatricians
  • Physicians

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
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