Papers, 1934-1994.

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Papers, 1934-1994.

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The Helen O. Dickens Papers document the latter half of Dickens' career in the field of medicine, medical education and public health. The collection contains correspondence, articles, reprints, grant proposals and some notes regarding Dickens' work in teenage pregnancy during the 1960s and 1970s which can be found in the Medical and Correspondence series. It is Dickens' administrative work and participation in professional organizations which figures most prominently in the collection. Her important role to enhance the participation of minorities in medical education, particularly the University of Pennsylvania, is well represented in the form of correspondence, minutes, and reports in the Minority Affairs subseries of the University of Pennsylvania series and National Association of Medical Minority Education subseries of the Organizations series. In addition to her advocacy work for minorities, Dickens' papers contain material which highlights her work with women's groups such as the Pan American Medical Women's Alliance and the American Medical Women's Association. There is also correspondence, minutes, reports, and newsletters of a number of professional organizations in which Dickens was an active member, such as the Marriage Council of Philadelphia, the Devereux Foundation, and the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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Marriage Council of Philadelphia

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National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc.

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University of Pennsylvania. Office of Minority Affairs.

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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...

Devereux Foundation

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Pan American Medical Women's Association.

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Dickens, Helen Octavia

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Helen Octavia Dickens was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Charles and Daisy (Green) Dickens on February 21, 1909. She was a 1934 graduate of the University of Illinois School of Medicine, the only African-American woman in her graduating class. She spent two years after graduation at Provident Hospital in Chicago, and then practiced with Dr. Virginia Alexander in a birthing-home practice in North Philadelphia. Dickens saught further training in obstetrics and gynecology, spendi...

Association of American Medical Colleges

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The Association of American Medical Colleges is a non-profit association founded in 1876 to work for reform in medical education. Originally representing only medical schools, the Association now comprises the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools, the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools, 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, 90 academic and professional societies representing nearly 100,000 faculty members, and the nation's medical students and residents. Additionally,...