Women in medicine -- United States

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The Gena Corea collection documents the work of Corea, a co-founder of FINRRAGE (Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering) and author writing on the international politics of reproductive technologies. The collection also documents her work with men who have committed violence against women.

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Melanie Tervalon is a noted activist, physician, and educator, a former member of the Third World Women’s Alliance, Angela Davis Defense Committee, and Venceremos Brigade, and creator of the “cultural humility” framework for anti-oppressive medical care. The collection consists of speeches made by Tervalon, primarily on reproductive health and other medical issues of importance to women and the Black community. Also includes biographical information about Tervalon.

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...