Papers, 1891-1977 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1891-1977 (inclusive).

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The bulk of the collection consists of professional papers that cover Lord-Heinstein's career, but concentrate on the police raid of the Salem Mothers' Health Office and the subsequent trial and appeal (1936-1938). Included are correspondence, lecture notes, minutes and memos of family planning and sex education organizations with which she was involved; the newsletter of the Massachusetts Mothers' Health Council, Family Guardian, 1940-1942; other printed material; clippings; photos; and the transcript and tape of an oral history interview, 1976. Also some of her personal correspondence and some papers of her mother, Augusta Lord-Heinstein, a suffragist and physiotherapist.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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