Association for Voluntary Sterilization records, 1929-1964 (bulk 1945-1964).

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,...

Olden, Marian S. (Marian Stephenson), 1888-

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Association for Voluntary Sterilization

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The association seeks to make known the benefits of voluntary sterilization in the solution of family, population, and general social problems. The records document the evolution of the organization's program from a eugenic advocacy of compulsory sterilization of individuals with mental and physical defects to an emphasis on voluntary sterilization as a legitimate birth control technique. From the description of Association for Voluntary Sterilization records, supplement 1, 1944-1976...

Wood, H. Curtis, 1903-

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