Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fanny Fern and Ethel Parton papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00117
Abstract
Author, journalist, columnist, children's author, and humorist. Sara Payson Willis wrote for several small Boston magazines under the name Fanny Fern; numerous newspapers soon published her pieces. She had a regular weekly column in the New York Ledger and was one of the first woman columnists. Ethel Parton, granddaughter of Sara Willis and James Parton, worked as a writer and literary assistant, and at age 70 began writing children's books. Materials include extensive writings,...
Dates of Materials:
1805-1982
New England Hospital for Women and Children records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00339
Abstract
Women's hospital. This hospital was, for more than a century, a teaching hospital for women doctors and a place where women could receive treatment from them. It was the first hospital in Boston to offer obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics all in one facility. Material includes memoranda, written histories, photographs and scrapbooks. Also documented are such topics as a 1915 controversy over abortion, using chloroform as an anesthetic, and African American interns. The collection...
Dates of Materials:
1792 - 1994
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- Neilson Library, 7 Neilson Drive
- Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063
- specialcollections@smith.edu
- 413-585-2970
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