Mountain Maternal Health League records 1936-1981.
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Planned parenthood federation of America
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In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...
Hutchins, Louise Gilman, 1911-
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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Louise Gilman Hutchins : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419707 ...
Mountain Maternal Health League.
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Founded in 1936 in Berea, Kentucky, the League was dedicated to improving the health of mothers and children in portions of eastern Kentucky through the promotion of birth control. The League's service area has included Estill, Harlan, Garrard, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Powell, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties. To reach rural women, the League's nurses traveled by automobile and horseback, delivering babies and providing birth control education. In addition, an office worker kept clients suppli...
