Papers, 1832-1970 bulk 1920-1969 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The bulk of the Florence Rose Papers date from 1921 to 1970 and focus on both her personal and professional life. Types of material include personal records, personal and professional correspondence, organizational records, legal documents, speeches, research files, photographs, published and unpublished writings, and printed material. Parenthood, the politics of American hunger relief and prevention efforts in developing countries, efforts to promote cultural understanding between nations in the immediate post-WWII period, and the life and legacy of birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger. The major birth control organizations are represented including the American Birth Control League, the Birth Control Federation of America, the National Committee for Federal Legislation on Birth Control, and the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, all of which merged into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Individuals represented in the papers include notable 20th century social reformers, birth control advocates, and public figures such as Margaret Sanger, Pearl S. Buck, Havelock Ellis, Carrie Chapman Catt, Morris Ernst, Clarence Gamble, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Harriet Pilpel, Emma Goldman, and H.G. Wells