Helen Caldicott papers, 1961-1996 (ongoing)

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Helen Caldicott papers, 1961-1996 (ongoing)

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The Helen Caldicott Papers include correspondence; memorabilia; publicity; photographs; video tapes; and writings, including her speeches, letters to editors, and manuscripts of her books "Missile Envy," "Nuclear Madness," and "A Desperate Passion." Also included are organizational records of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament; as well as subject files and research material.

47.5 linear ft. (38 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7586314

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Women's Action for New Directions.

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Caldicott, Helen.

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Helen Caldicott is a pediatrician and environmental activist. In her native Australia, she led successful campaigns to ban French atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium mining. In the U.S., she revived Physicians for Social Responsibility while an instructor at Harvard Medical School and a fellow at Children's Hospital Medical Center. In 1980, she resigned to become a full-time anti-nuclear activist. She helped found the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear War, and the Women's Party for Survival, ...

Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.)

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Founded in 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by a group of physicians to provide the medical community and the general public the scientific data on which political decisions must in part be based; to alert physicians to the dangerous implications of the arms race; and to promote disarmament and peace. From the description of Records, 1962- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 38583896 ...