Black Women's Health Imperative Records 1983-2006 (ongoing)

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Black Women's Health Imperative Records 1983-2006 (ongoing)

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Women of color, reproductive rights, and women's health advocacy organization. The records consist of materials pertaining to the administration and the public outreach work of the BWHI, including board of directors files reports, correspondence, conference materials, photograph albums, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials. There is a large amount of promotional and educational materials produced by BWNHP including pamphlets, posters, brochures, fact sheets, newsletters, self-help manuals, and videos. There is also a small amount of material pertaining to Byllye Avery as founder of BWHI. [NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not online. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection if you would like one sent to you.]

11 boxes; (11 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6323204

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National Black Women's Health Project

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Avery, Byllye, 1937-

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Byllye Yvonne Avery was born in DeLand, Florida in 1937. She studied psychology at Talledega College, and earned an M.A. degree from the University of Florida in 1969. In 1995 Avery received a L.H.D. from Bates College. She has worked to improve the welfare of African-American women by creating the National Black Women's Health Project in 1981 (the name was later changed to the Black Women's Health Imperative). She also founded Avery Institute for Social Change. In 1989, Avery received a MacArth...

Black Women's Health Imperative

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The Black Women's Health Imperative, originally called the Black Women's Health Project (BWHP), then the National Black Women's Health Project (NBWHP), was established by Byllye Avery in 1981 as a program of the National Women's Health Network in Atlanta, GA. At the first National Conference on Black Women's Health Issues, held at Spelman College in 1983, the BWHP became an independent national organization. Its purpose was to develop and disseminate self-help methodologies, includi...