Papers, 1924-1982

Oettinger, Katherine Brownell, 1903-1997

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The elder daughter of Charles Leonard and Eunice (Bennet) Brownell, Katherine Brownell Oettinger was born in Nyack, New York, on September 24, 1903. Following the death of her father, the family moved to New York City, where Oettinger attended grammar school and Hunter College High School. She graduated from Smith College with honors in sociology and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1925; in 1926 she received a master's degree from the Smith College School for Social Work, having completed her f...

United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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In March 1972 President Richard Nixon called for an "intensive study" and requested a plan for developing a "safe, fast, and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system." Nixon's request was the result of several independent events and initiatives throughout the late 1960s that focused on the U.S. lack of an efficient system for maintaining a sufficiently ample, risk-free national blood supply. The primary aim of the policy was to eliminate the nation's dependence on an oft-con...

United States. Children's Bureau

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White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1960

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United States. Works Progress Administration of Pennsylvania

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The Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) had barely come into existence (April 1929) when the stock market crashed, marking the onset of the Great Depression. Declaring itself to be without funds in December 1933, the commission, under the direction of its secretary, Walter H. Thomas, and vice chairman, S. P. Wetherill, Jr., applied for a grant from the Pennsylvania Civil Works Administration to support the activities of the commission from mid-December 1933 through mid-Febr...

Visiting Nurse Association (Scranton, PA)

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Ittleson, Blanche (Frank)

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Council on Social Work Education

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Formed in 1952, the Council formulates criteria and standards for all levels of social work education, accredits graduate schools of social work, provides service on curriculum development and teaching methodologies, publishes teaching materials, conducts research, and compiles data on social work education. From the description of Council on Social Work Education : [microfilm], 1930-1963. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63300134 From the guide to...

International Association of Schools of Social Work.

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Founded in 1929, the association encourages high standards in social work education and professional practice of social work, conducts international surveys, and holds training sessions for social workers world-wide. Prominent among the IASSW's activities in recent years is the training of social workers interested in family planning and population control. From the description of International Association of Schools of Social Work records, 1928-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minnea...

Boston University. School of Social Work

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.

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Planned parenthood federation of America

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In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...

Pennsylvania. Department of Welfare

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