mnsss349 Edris Rice-Wray Oral History, 1978-1987 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Northampton, MA
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 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Edris Rice-Wray Oral History, 1978-1987 Finding Aid MS 436 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Rice-Wray, Edris Edris Rice-Wray Oral History1978-1987 MS 436 1 box (.25 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Two oral histories of birth control advocate and physician Edris Rice-Wray, who founded Mexico's first family planning clinic in Mexico City. Includes audio tapes and one draft transcript. Biographical Note

Birth control advocate; Physician. Edris Rice-Wray Carson, M.D. attended Cornell University and was a public health physician, primarily in Central America, Mexico. She founded Mexico's first family planning clinic, in Mexico City and was medical director of the Puerto Rico Family Planning Association. She headed the first large scale clinical trials of the first birth control pill developed by Gregory Pincus and John Rock.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Two oral histories conducted by James Reed and Ellen Chesler in 1987 (audio recording and draft transcript, 69 pages).

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