Papers, 1873-1990 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1873-1990 (inclusive).

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Collection consists primarily of papers resulting from activities Mudd pursued after retiring from the Marriage Council; it also includes her writings, and some material from her work on the MCP, correspondence, family papers, and a few files that belonged to Stuart Mudd. The papers document Mudd's career as a marriage counselor, birth control advocate, and educator (particularly post-"retirement"), her achievements and research, the effect she had on her profession, and her ideas about marriage counseling, birth control, and education. The papers document the development of and philosophy behind family planning and marriage counseling in the United States and abroad, 1930s-1970s, and also the interests and activities of birth control, professional and other organizations, 1960s-1980s.

18.5 linear ft.

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

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

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Mudd, Emily H. (Emily Hartshorne), 1898-1998

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Emily Borie (Hartshorne) Mudd (EHM), marriage counselor, advocate of family planning, researcher, and educator, was born in Merion, Penn., on September 6, 1898, the daughter of Edward Yarnall and suffragist Clementina (Rhodes) Hartshorne. After entering Vassar College in 1917, she worked in the Woman's Land Army and enlisted in the nursing corps of the U.S. Army rather than return to college. A bout of typhoid interfered with her plans to become a nurse or to attend any college that...