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UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 83 Ephemera related to Women's Reproductive Health

 Unprocessed Material — Box: MSS 16758_NewAdditions_03, Folder: ViU2025-0092_001
Identifier: ViU-2025-0092

Content Description

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains ephemera related to women's reproductive health, including two extendable calendars to help track menstrual cycles and fertilirty windows from 1936 and 1955, an advertisement from the 1880s for a "special treatment" to make childbirth painless, and an advertisment from the 1860s for a lecture by a Doctor Bolles for "a chaste, scientific, and instructive lecture to the Ladies only on the constitution and diseases of women."

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from Caroliniana, 6 August 2025.

Language of Description

English

Restrictions Apply

No

Use Restrictions

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Dates

  • Creation: c. 1860-1955

Full Extent

.04 Cubic Feet (1 legal folder)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Inventory

4 items