Archive of the League of Child Welfare and Maternity in India, 1919

[India Maternity]

Archive

9 pieces from the League of Child Welfare and Maternity, founded in 1919 by Frances, Lady Chelmsford to ensure nationwide pre and post-natal care to women in India. In addition to 7 Typed Letters Signed by Chelmsford's assistants requesting and thanking donors for their contributions to the endowment, there is an Autograph Letter Signed by Lady Chelmsford in 1920 to the royal family: "I wish to thank your Highness most warmly for your splendid contribution towards the endowment fund. Your Highness is always so generous to movements which have to their object the amelioration of the conditions of women and children."

Also included is "Speech Delivered by her Excellency Lady Chelmsford" expressing her "desire to form an Association of all persons in India interested in matters which concerns health of the people, especially of the women and children…threefold objec:
1)Domestic sanitation,
2) Education of mothers in all that concerns their own health and that of their children,
3) Training of health visitors, and nurses."

At the time that this description is being written, no copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. Archive also includes 7 Letter to the donors.

Item #16181

Price: $325.00