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Emma France Ward Papers, 1922-1966
Finding AidFinding aid prepared by mnsss.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
| | | | | Creator: | Ward, Emma F. (Emma France) | | Title: | Emma France Ward Papers | | Dates: | 1922-66 | | Abstract: | Public health specialist and personnel manager. The strength of this collection is its documentation of Ward's career as a woman government bureaucrat during a period in which governmental influence in the regulation of industry increased dramatically. It is also a rich source of information about women workers, especially those in the shipbuilding industry during the World War II period. Materials include correspondence; articles written by Ward about the health and safety of women workers; and publications devoted to women industrial workers' health and safety.
| | Extent: | 2 boxes(2 linear ft.) | | Language: | English. | | Identification: | MS 170 |
Letter to Emma Ward from Herbert Wenzel, regional Industrial Advisor, August 26, 1944 Emma France Ward, the daughter of Wilbur F. and Emma Albert Ward, was born in Baltimore in 1886. She graduated from Goucher College in 1909; later she received a degree in public health medicine from Johns Hopkins University, and engaged in further studies at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University, and in Europe. Early in her career Ward did settlement work. In 1931 she was the official delegate from the U.S. Public Health Service and one of three American women out of 500 delegates to attend the 6th International Congress of Accidents and Industrial Diseases in Geneva. Her long government career included appointments with the U.S. Children's Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Internal Revenue Service. During WWII Ward worked for the Maritime Commission as the officer in charge of women workers in shipyards. After the war she worked with the Brookings Institution in Washington until her retirement in 1958. She died of a stroke in Baltimore in 1963. Return to the Table of Contents
Papers include biographical information; personal and professional correspondence; articles written by Ward about the health and safety of women workers; and pamphlets, reprints, periodicals and other publications devoted to women industrial workers' health and safety, especially in shipyards. The strength of this collection is its documentation of Ward's career as a woman government bureaucrat during a period in which governmental influence in the regulation of industry increased dramatically. It is also a rich source of information about women workers, especially those in the shipbuilding industry, and especially during the World War II period. Return to the Table of Contents
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Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 2 | Biographical sketch and bookplate,
1923, 1933 |
| 5 | Photocopies of correspondence,
1922-55 |
| 6 | to Margaret Storrs Grierson,
1955-60 |
| 7 | Application to the United Nations,
1954 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 8 | Accident prevention,
1926-43 |
| 9 | Articles by Emma Ward,
1923-30 |
| 11 | Industrial health,
1925-45 |
| 15 | Women in industry,
1943-44 |
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| Bournville Works Publications: pamphlets,
1927-29 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 1 | Pension: Provident and Benevolent Funds |
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| A Study of Absenteeism Among Women,
1943 |
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| Two Studies on Hours of Work,
1928 |
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| Artificial Humidification in the Cotton Weaving Industry,
1927 |
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| The Assessment of Psychological Qualities by Verbal Methods,
1938 |
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| Inventory of the County and Town Archives of Maryland,
1939 |
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| The Family Status of Breadwinning Women,
1922 |
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| Negro Women in Industry,
1922 |
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| Health Problems of Women in Industry,
1921 |
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| Hours and Conditions of Work for Women in Industry in Virginia,
1920 |
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| The New Position of Women in American Industry,
1920 |
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| Women in Maryland Industries,
1922 |
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| Institute of Citizenship and Government,
1923 |
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| Book: Away in a Manger by Jean Thoburn,
1942 |
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