World War I, 1919-1920
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the International Conference of Women Physicians, a conference organized by the Social Morality Committee of the War Work Council of the YWCA of the U.S.A. in response to the social problems that came with the expanding social and economic role of women during World War I. Included are lists of delegates, conference programs, short biographies of international women physicians attending, and reports of the lectures and discussions of the conference.
Dates of Materials
- 1919-1920
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
However, by agreement with the YWCA of the U.S.A., microdexes known to contain financial records or personal health information (usually on job applications) were not digitized and/or not published in our online repository as part of the CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. These microdexes may still be accessed on the original microfilm, and digital files may be made available to individual researchers upon request.
Extent
156 frames (1 partial reel)
- Man-woman relationships
- Pamphlets
- Sexual health
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women physicians
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Women's Christian associations
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women
- YWCA of the U.S.A.. War Work Council. Social Morality Committee
- lists (document genres)
- programs (documents)
- reports
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
