Women’s health services -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Louise Gilman Hutchins papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0173 SAA 174
Abstract
Collection contains writings, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, publications and personal materials related to the life and work of Louise G. Hutchins.
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