Papers, 1915-1942.

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Papers, 1915-1942.

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Includes writings, speeches, articles, and pamphlets on variety of topics related to public health and birth control; plus and research material on incidence and impact of right- and left-handedness. There is also correspondence concerning the social, economic, political, legal, religious, medical and moral ramifications of the birth control movement; and materials on birth control conferences, the American Birth Control League, and Birth Control Federation of America. Correspondents include Louise Stevens Bryant, Robert Latou Dickinson, Lydia DeVilbiss, Stella Hanau, Katherine Hepburn, Florence Rose, and Margaret Sanger.

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951

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Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950

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Robert Latou Dickinson, 1861-1950, MD, 1882, Long Island College Hospital, was a gynecologist and obstetrician at Brooklyn Hospital and also taught at Long Island College Hospital. Dickinson served as secretary to the National Committee on Maternal Health, senior vice-president of Planned Parenthood Federation, president of the Euthanasia Society, and was president of the American Gynecological Society and New York Obstetrical Society. In addition to research on obstetrics and diseases of women,...

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