American Social Health Association [microfilm], 1910-1976.

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American Social Health Association [microfilm], 1910-1976.

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Included are minutes of meetings of policy-making bodies of the American Social Health Association (formerly known as the American Social Hygiene Association) and its predecessor organizations: the American Federation of Sex Hygiene, the American Vigilance Association, and the Education Committee of the Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis. Education Committee.

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American Federation of Sex Hygiene.

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American Social Health Association

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At the beginning of the twentieth century venereal disease was a prevalent concern for social health organizations. Diseases such a syphilis and gonorrhea affected many people and the social stigma attached to sexually transmitted disease prevented most people from discussing or addressing means of treatment for venereal disease. In 1913, at a conference in Buffalo, New York, several organizations dedicated to fighting prostitution and venereal disease joined together to form the Am...

American Vigilance Association

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