AMWA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS
Traveling Exhibition on American Women Physicians in WWI
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs exhibition, November 9, 2018
- PCOM Georgia Campus Library 9/10-2018 -10/5/2018
- PCOM Georgia Campus Library 9/10-2018 -10/5/2018
- Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, Nov 2018
- Western University, December 4, 2018
- Uniformed Services University, Dec 2018
- Tulane VA attendees viewing exhibit -11 Jan. 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
- University of North Texas, March 15, 2019
The exhibition includes 10 books, 15 photo boards and other resources on the subject matter. There is no cost for the exhibit. We just ask that you help ship the materials to the next destination. The exhibit fits into two large flat rate priority mail boxes for the large exhibit and one large flat rate priority box for the small exhibit. Apply to host the exhibit here.
Books:
- A Woman Surgeon — Rosalie Slaughter Morton, 1937
- Certain Samaritans — Esther Pohl Lovejoy, 1928
- Ladies of Grecourt — Ruth Gaines, 1920
- The House of the Good Neighbor — Esther Pohl Lovejoy, 1920
- Bellevue in France — Anna Tjomsland, 1941
- Women’s Oversea Hospitals U.S.A. of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1919 (Reprint)
- American Women in World War I: They Also Served — Lettie Gavin, 1997
- Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War — Kimberly Jensen, 2008
- Women Doctors in War — Judith Bellafaire & Mercedes Herrera Graf, 2009
- In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I — Elizabeth Foxwell (editor), 2015
Venues local to the San Francisco Bay Area may include by request:
- Women and War Work — Helen Fraser, 1918
- The Doctor’s Duffel Bag — M. Louise Hurrell, 1920
- Mine Eyes Have Seen — Afreda Withington, 1941
Photograph Credits:
1696 Heritage, Bain News Service / Library of Congress, The Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, National Archives at College Park (College Park, MD), National World War I Museum and Memorial, OHSU Historical Collections and Archives, Smith College Archives, YMCA of the USA Archives, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Consider hosting the event in conjunction with screening of AMWA’s film on Women Physicians in WWI (17 min) and an accompanying film The American in Paris (58 min). The first film is available for download on-line and the second film will be included in the exhibit box.
Download the WWI Exhibit Poster
Exhibit Handout Page 1 Exhibit Handout Page 2
Large Exhibit contents:
15 photo boards, 15 display easels, 10 books (current and historic), information sheets, postcards, artificial red poppy, The American in Paris DVD, marketing posters, and AMWA’s Centennial Book. The books should be displayed in a glass case for safe-keeping if left out unattended. The other materials are replaceable and can be displayed however you like.
Small Exhibit contents:
All of the above except the 10 books.
Exhibit coordinators: Victoria Sefcik and Iris Dupanovic
CURRENT SCHEDULE
(we have 4 full exhibits and 2 small exhibits)
September 2018 — past
- PCOM Georgia Campus Library
- Eastern Virginia Medical School
- UConn Health HMS Library
October 2018 — past
- UIC Health Sciences Library
- Western University of Health Sciences Library
- UConn Health HMS Library
- CA Department of Veteran Affairs
November 2018 — past
- Minnesota Dept of Veterans Affairs
- UIC Health Science Library – Rockford
- UConn Health HMS Library
- UIC Health Sciences Library
- Western University of Health Sciences Library
- Robert Wood Johnson Library
December 2018 — past
- USUHS
- Robert Wood Johnson Library
- Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences
- UConn Health HMS Library
- Western University of Health Sciences Library
January 2019 — past
- Thomas Jefferson University – Scott Memorial Library
- Qunnipiac University
- SIU Medical Library
- Health Sciences Library System – University of Pittsburgh
- TTUHSC
February 2019 — past
- Quinnipiac University
- SIU Medical Library
- Health Sciences Library System
- UIC Peoria
- TTUHSC
- University of North Texas
March 2019 – past
- Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
- Rocky Vista University – CO
- Rocky Vista University – SU
- University of Pittsburgh
- UIC Peoria
- University of North Texas
- PCOM Georgia Campus Library
April 2019 – past
- University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- UIC Peoria
- University of North Texas
- Reno
May 2019 – past
- Reno
- New Mexico Military Museum
June 2019 – past
- Georgia Department of Veteran Services
- New Mexico Military Museum
July 2019 – past
- New Mexico Military Museum
August 2019 – past
- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Virginia Campus
September 2019 – past
- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Virginia Campus
October 2019 – past
- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Virginia Campus
November 2019 – past
- Missouri Veterans Commission – Women Veterans Program
- University of New England
December 2019 – past
- University of New England
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
- University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Banner –
University Medical Center Phoenix - Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
September 2020
- Northwestern Feinberg SOM
- Western Michigan University School of Medicine
October 2020
- Penn State College of Medicine
- Northwestern Feinberg SOM
- Western Michigan University School of Medicine
November 2020
- Northwestern Feinberg SOM
- Western Michigan University School of Medicine
December 2020