Emma Elizabeth Walker papers
Scope and Contents
The Emma Elizabeth Walker Papers document her professional life. They consist primarily of Walker's writings and lectures, but also contain small amounts of biographical material and correspondence. In addition to documenting the work of a woman doctor at the turn of the century, the collection contains material relevant to women's health, the social and moral hygiene movements, turn-of-the-century childrearing practices, birth control and sexuality.
Dates of Materials
- 1887 - 1954
Creator
- Walker, Emma (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research 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.
Biographical / Historical
Emma Elizabeth Walker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1864. She grew up in Parkersburg, WV, received her A.B. from Smith College in 1887, and earned an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1898. Later that year she opened her medical practice in New York City. For many years she was a clinical assistant surgeon in New York's Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled. She authored Beauty Through Hygiene (1905), "Pretty Girl Questions" in Ladies Home Journal, and many articles and pamphlets for both popular and medical audiences. She lectured widely on the topics of personal and social hygiene and was a member of numerous medical and professional organizations.
Extent
0.438 linear feet (2 containers)
Abstract
Physician; Children's author; Anti-suffragist; Birth control advocate; and Public health advocate. Papers consist primarily of Walker's writings and lectures, but also contain small amounts of biographical material and correspondence; plus information on women's health, the social and moral hygiene movements, turn-of-the-century childrearing practices, birth control and sexuality.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were donated by Emma Elizabeth Walker from 1942 to 1954.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised in 2002 by Brook Hopkins, intern.
- Birth control movement
- Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.)
- Morrissette, Naomi
- Public health
- Speeches.
- Walker, Emma
- Women -- Health and hygiene
- Women authors, American -- 20th century
- Women authors, American -- 20th century
- Women in medicine
- Women physicians -- United States
- Writings
- correspondence
- memorabilia
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Emma Elizabeth Walker papers
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mnsss.
- 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: mnsss118 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- 2017-07-26T17:48:10-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2020-07-21: Added new info. to 4 flat files, updated dates
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
