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American Women's Hospitals Service photographs: Albania, 1919, undated

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Title
American Women's Hospitals Service photographs: Albania, 1919, undated
Keywords
Women in medicine; Women physicians; Child welfare; Clinics; Fund raising; Public health; Public health--Europe; Refugees; Dispensaries; War relief; Rural hospitals; Hospital patients; Elbasan (Albania); Tirana (Albania); Vlorë (Albania); Krujë (Krujë, Albania); Shkodër (Albania); Foulks, Sara; American Medical Women's Association; Medical Women's National Association (U.S.); American Red Cross
Abstract
The American Women's Hospitals (AWH) developed from the War Service Committee of the Medical Women's National Association (later, American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)) in 1917 to provide, register and finance American women physicians for war work; offer medical and emergency relief to refugees; and, later, to provide international public health service. The AWH photographs were frequently used in fundraising and publicity campaigns. The bulk of these photographs are identified as being taken in Albania. According to some captions on the backs of photographs, the subjects are a mix of refugees and native Albanian adults and children being treated in hospitals established by AWH. Some photographs appear to be post cards depicting patients in the hospitals.
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a144p_b01f04
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In Her Own Right: Women asserting their civil rights, 1820-1920
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