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Hutchins, Louise Gilman -- 1911-1996

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred A. and Gertrude C. Gilman Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0215 HC 40
Abstract Alfred A. Gilman was born on August 3, 1878 in North Platte, Nebraska. He was one of eight children, two of whom were from Alfred’s mother’s first marriage. His mother, Mary Hubbard Kramph Gilman, helped found the North Platte Episcopal Church and helped instill Alfred with his religious zeal. Alfred’s father, Platt Jewel Gilman, was a railroad telegrapher who had a passion for gardening that Alfred inherited. Alfred was a successful and mature student who became interested in politics at an...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865-1966; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1989

Francis S. Hutchins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract Francis Stephenson Hutchins (b. 1902), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, was educated at Oberlin College (A.B., 1923) and Yale University (M.A., 1933). Having worked in China as an undergraduate, Hutchins returned to China as an instructor in 1925 as part of the Yale-in-China Association's educational mission. Forced to leave China in 1939 during the Japanese invasion, Hutchins was appointed president of Berea College to succeed his father—William J. Hutchins.  Hutchins served as...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1979

Louise Gilman Hutchins Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0173 SAA 174
Abstract Louise Gilman Hutchins was born February 2, 1911 to Episcopal missionaries—Gertrude Carter Gilman and Bishop Alfred Alonzo Gilman—in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. Hutchins graduated from Wellesley College in 1932 and married Francis S. Hutchins in 1934. Louise Hutchins earned her M.D. from Yale University in 1936.  After graduating from Yale, Hutchins returned to China to live with her husband who was serving as an administrator for the Yale-in-China program and to complete her medical...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923-1996

Mountain Maternal Health League Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0053 SAA 053
Abstract The League was founded in 1936 in Berea, Kentucky for the purpose of promoting birth control as a means of improving the health of mothers and children in portions of south central and eastern Kentucky. The League’s service area has included Estill, Harlan, Garrard, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Powell, Rockcastle, and Whitley counties. To reach rural women, League nurses traveled by auto and on horseback, delivering babies and providing birth control education.  In addition, an office worker...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1986

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Birth control. 2
Maternal and infant welfare -- United States -- History. 2
Medical care -- Kentucky. 2
Women’s health services -- Social aspects -- United States -- History. 2
Abortion. 1