American Women's Hospitals Service photographs 1917-1982

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American Women's Hospitals Service photographs 1917-1982

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The American Women's Hospitals (AWH) developed from the War Service Committee of the Medical Women's National Association (later called the American Medical Women's Association) in 1917, to provide, register and finance American women physicians for war work; to offer medical and emergency relief to refugees; and, later, to provide international public health service. In 1959, AWH became an independent agency and remained such until 1982 when it re-merged with the American Medical Women's Association. The collection houses photographs created by the American Women's Hospitals Service (AWHS) from 1917 to 1982 to document and promote the organization's efforts to provide health care to under-serviced populations in the United States and abroad. The photographs were frequently used in fundraising and publicity campaigns. As a result, many are annotated to identify the primary subject, geographic location and, occasionally, individuals, providing a graphic chronicle of the variety and forms of AWHS fieldwork worldwide. Researchers will find images of field and clinic work conducted in Africa, Albania, Bolivia, France, Greece, India, Korea, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Vietnam and Yugoslavia, to name a few. In addition, there are a few files at the end containing portraits of AWHS personnel and significant women in medicine that were also associated with the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. In addition to the photographic record, this collection also includes a few files of Dr. Esther Lovejoy correspondence and written material used by Dr. Alma Dea Morani to prepare for a lecture in 1974.

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Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center

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Lovejoy, Esther Pohl, 1870-1967

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Chairman of the Health Dept., Portland, Oregon, 1907-1909; first president of the Medical Women's International Association; president of American Women's Hospitals, 1919-1967; author; feminist; congressional candidate. From the description of Esther Pohl Lovejoy Collection, 1890-1967. [1890-1967] (Oregon Health & Science University Library). WorldCat record id: 48471315 Chairman of the Health Dept., Portland, Oregon, 1907-1909; first president of the Medical Women's In...

Medical Women's National Association (U.S.)

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American Medical Women's Association

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Established in 1915 as the Medical Women's National Association, the organization was renamed American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) in 1937. From the description of [Annual meeting] [sound recording]. 1961. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122614747 According to its minutes, on November 18, 1915, eleven women, nine of whom were M.D.'s, met to discuss the advisability of organizing a national association of medical women in order to promote good fellowship. Ori...

American Women's Hospitals

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The American Women's Hospitals (AWH) developed from the War Service Committee of the Medical Women's National Association (later, American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)) in 1917 to provide, register and finance American women physicians for war work; offer medical and emergency relief to refugees; and, later, to provide international public health service. In 1959, AWH became an independent agency and remained such until 1982 when it re-merged with AMWA. In the earl...

Morani, Alma Dea, 1907-2001

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