Schlesinger-Rockefeller oral history project : oral history transcripts / [interviews conducted by Jeannette Bailey Cheek, Charles A. Janeway, and James W. Reed], 1975-1976.

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Schlesinger-Rockefeller oral history project : oral history transcripts / [interviews conducted by Jeannette Bailey Cheek, Charles A. Janeway, and James W. Reed], 1975-1976.

Interviews with people documenting their roles in the fields of health service, maternal and child care, family planning, and reform of abortion laws. V.1: Sarah R. Weddington; v.2: Helen B. Taussig; v.3: Lana C. Phelan; v.4: Sarah and Christopher Tietze; v.5: Patricia Maginnis.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in Americaā€¸

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The Schlesinger Library had its origins in the gift of the Woman's Rights Collection (WRC) by Maud Wood Park '98 to Radcliffe College in 1943. Organized as the Women's Archives in 1948, it was renamed the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America in 1967 in recognition of the Schlesingers' strong support of the Library and the College. The WRC was originally housed in Longfellow Hall and the Women's Archives in Byerly Hall and moved in 1967 to the old Radcliffe...

Weddington, Sarah Ragle, 1945-

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Sarah Ragle Weddington was born on February 5, 1945, in Abilene, Texas. She received a B.S. from McMurry College in Abilene in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967. She practiced law in Austin, Texas, from 1967 to 1977, and in 1970 and 1971 she was assistant city attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1973, shortly after completing law school, Weddington worked pro bono to represent a group of women who had established an abortion referral program at the University of Texas...

Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986

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Cardiologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Helen Brooke Taussig : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587345 Dr. Taussig, a pioneer in the field of pediatric cardiology, became a member of the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1930 and retired from active teaching in 1969. She received the Gold Heart Award of the American Heart Association in 1963 and was the first woman to be the Association's president. F...

Janeway, Charles

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Charles Alderson Janeway (1909-1981) (Johns Hopkins, M.D. 1934) was Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and physician-in-chief at Children's Hospital from 1946 to 1974. During this time Children's Hospital was the largest academic pediatric service in the U.S., and Janeway was instrumental in developing its present tertiary care system. He was active in international pediatric education, consulting, and helping to establish medical schools in Iran, India, and th...

Reed, James, 1944-

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Tietze, Sarah Lewit

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Phelan, Lana Clarke

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Cheek, Jeannette Bailey

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Cheek was director of the Schlesinger Library, 1969-1973. From the description of Collection, 1857-1904 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007177 ...

Maginnis, Patricia Therese

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Social activist. From the description of Reminiscences of Patricia Maginnis : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574401 ...

Tietze, Christopher, 1908-

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