Sophia Smith Collection topical collection on women's health
Scope and Contents
This subject collection documents the evolution of medical and scientific thinking and practice relating to women's health from 1818-1990s. There are small amounts of material on such topics as abortion, birth control, childbirth, eugenics, female genital mutilation, lactation, infant mortality, marriage instruction, mental hygiene, motherhood, nutrition, obstetrics, sexuality, sterilization, and AIDS. Types of materials include articles, books, advertisements, clippings, research materials, reports, surveys, pamphlets, and newsletters from a wide range of authors ranging from misogynist to feminist. There is also material related to now-defunct Western Massachusetts Women and AIDS Network. Also includes material related to still on-going New Jersey Women and AIDS Network.
Dates of Materials
- Majority of material found within 1860s-1980s
- 1818 - 2004
Creator
- Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History (Collector, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection may be governed by copyright. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. Researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Extent
6.854 linear feet (8 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
An artificial collection documenting the evolution of medical and scientific thinking and practice relating to women's health. Topics include abortion, birth control, childbirth, eugenics, female genital mutilation, lactation, infant mortality, marriage instruction, mental hygiene, motherhood, nutrition, obstetrics, sexuality, sterilization, and AIDS. Types of materials include printed material, research materials, reports, and surveys.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series based on format, and alphabetically by topic or author thereunder.
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time. Note that in most cases, container numbers start over at 1 with each new accession.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this subject collection were either purchased or given to the Sophia Smith Collection by various donors.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised in 2002 by Katie Kowinski, intern. Introductory text by Kate Weigand. Portions of collection are unprocessed (noted in contents list).
- AIDS (Disease) in women
- Abortion -- United States
- Advertisements
- Birth control -- 20th century
- Books
- Breastfeeding
- Child care -- United States -- 20th century
- Childbirth
- Eugenics
- Female circumcision -- Developing countries
- Infants -- Mortality
- Leaflets
- Marriage
- National Women's Health Network
- Obstetrics
- Pamphlets
- Publicity
- Reproductive and sexual health
- Research
- Sterilization (birth control)
- Surveys
- Women -- Health and hygiene
- Women -- Mental health
- Women -- Nutrition
- Women -- Sexual behavior
- Women's health services
- articles
- clippings
- reports
- Title
- Finding aid to the Sophia Smith Collection topical collection on women's health
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2005-09-23: mnsss93 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- 2017-07-26T17:48:24-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2018-08-17: Box numbers added for books that were boxed for the move
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
