Emma Elizabeth Walker Papers, 1899-1954
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Emma Elizabeth Walker Papers
Creation of Emma Elizabeth Walker Papers
Time of Creation of Emma Elizabeth Walker Papers
Walker, Emma Elizabeth, 1864-
Biographical History for: Emma Elizabeth Walker Papers
Biographical Note "Dr. Walker's Talks on Diet," from Success Magazine, June 1906 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.
Scope and Contents of the Collection 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.
Public health--History--Sources
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Women authors, American --20th century--Sources
Women--Health and hygiene--History--Sources
Women physicians--United States--History--Sources
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Blennerhassett Island (W. Va)--History--Sources
Contents
Biographical: clippings and curriculum vitae, 1901-1918
Correspondence, 1904-48
Lecture programs, 1903, n.d.
License to practice medicine, NY County, 1899
[See also Flat file]
Medical records, degrees, awards, society memberships, etc., 1897-1948
Reviews and announcements, 1901-11
Writings
Ladies Home Journal "inserts", n.d.
Ladies Home Journal articles, 1903-16
Pamphlets on medical subjects, 1906, n.d.
Magazine articles, 1887-1910
"F.A. Camping Party on Blennerhassett Island", n.d.
Blennerhassett Island (Parkerstown, WV) and Marietta, OH: articles, pamphlets, pictures, etc., 1899, n.d.
Lectures on social hygiene
Society memberships (not medical), 1941-44, n.d.
Oversize Materials
Physician's license, 1899
Smith College diploma, 1887
Johns Hopkins diploma, 1898
Medical Society of New York Certificate of Membership, 1904