| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ruth Janetta Temple
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A20
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Recollections of family life in Natchez, Mississippi and Los Angeles, California; attitude towards racial differences; medical training at Loma Linda University for Medicina, 1918, Yale University School of Public Health, 1942; obstetrician with Los Anglels City Health Department's Maternity Service, 1923-1928; founding of the Temple Health Institute, Health Study Clubs, Health Week, Health Information Centers; views on birth control, abortion, the Women's Movement; leisure activities; awards and recognition for work in public health.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 53 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Temple, Ruth Janetta, 1892-1984
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1892
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physician
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| Age at speaking: |
86
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Mottl, Tahi Lani
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Abortion; African American physicians; Birth control; North America; Oral history; Physicians; Public health--United States; United States; Women physicians; Women's health services
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Community health services; Temple, Ruth Janetta, 1892-1984
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020702-16143
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