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Elizabeth Cope Collins letter to Rebecca Collins
Title:
Elizabeth Cope Collins letter to Rebecca Collins
Description:
Elizabeth Cope Collins married Rebecca Collins's stepson William Morris Collins. She writes about her improved health, her young daughter, and several sermons recently delivered at Quaker meetings.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1893 September 13, Philadelphia, to My Dear Wife
Title:
1893 September 13, to My Dear Wife
Date:
1893-09-13
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Sarah Ash's twin sister and they were Martha Schofield's sisters. Lydia sends a happy birthday note to her sister along with a copied quote about motherhood. She also praises their mother, Mary Child.
Date:
1881-08-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah Wright Mifflin
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah Wright Mifflin
Description:
Hannah Wright Mifflin was a Quaker whose family was involved with the Underground Railroad. Lewis discusses the birth of her sister Rebecca Fussell's grandchild, Alice Fussell, and reflects on motherhood. She writes that African-American abolitionist William Still wants to write up a story about a time Mifflin's parents, William and Phebe Wright, aided a fugitive slave. Lewis is working on a piece about Elijah F. Pennypacker's work helping runaway slaves. Lewis's nephew Linnaeus Fussell is in Central America.
Date:
1871-07-09
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Ellen M. Patrick letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Ellen M. Patrick letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Schofield's friend Ellen M. Patrick tells her of a letter from a prospective teacher, describes her own life teaching in Cincinnati, and discusses her appreciation of music and her feelings on motherhood.
Date:
1873-05-09
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Correct Way to Hold a Three-Month Old Baby, The; The Incorrect Way to Hold a Three-Month Old Baby; The Spine and Head Are Bent
Title:
Correct Way to Hold a Three-Month Old Baby, The; The Incorrect Way to Hold a Three-Month Old Baby; The Spine and Head Are Bent
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Cleanliness is a Guarantee of Health
Title:
Cleanliness is a Guarantee of Health
Description:
Text:Keep the room clean and wash your hands before touching the baby; change the baby's underwear more often; bathe the baby every day for the first six months, and then every other day until one year old
Date:
1921
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Annihilate Flies! Living in Dirt, They Spread Infection
Title:
Annihilate Flies! Living in Dirt, They Spread Infection
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Correct Way to Cut Nails [bottom]
Title:
Correct Way to Cut Nails [bottom]
Description:
Text:Do not bite the baby's nails! [top left]
Dirt under nails spreads infection [top image on right])
Cut nails [middle image on right] )
Clean nails with a brush [bottom image on right]
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Literacy of Mothers and Death Rates of Babies During the First Year of Life
Title:
Literacy of Mothers and Death Rates of Babies During the First Year of Life
Description:
Text:Fewer babies die if women are more literate [bottom]
TABLE 1: Literacy of mothers and the death rate of babies during the first year of life
Klinsk Uezd (1886)
Moscow Province (1899)
Percentage of Literate Women; Percentage of Babies Who Die During the First Year of Life
Less than 10% 37
15% 36.3
15-20% 32.3
More than 25% 28.1
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What to Feed a Baby at One Year
Title:
What to Feed a Baby at One Year
Description:
Text:9 AM: glass of milk, slice of bread with butter
1 PM: half glass of vegetable purree (potato, carrot or turnip) and bowl of kasha
5 PM: half bowl of vegetable broth (with chunks), pieces of bread, meat patty, bake or raw apple or berries (cherries, wild strawberries, pears, plums)
9 PM: half bowl of kasha and half glass of milk with bread
Date:
1922
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Protect Your Child!
Title:
Protect Your Child!
Date:
1921
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Breast-Feeding Schedule From Birth to Three Months; 6 AM, 9 AM, 12 AM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 12 PM
Title:
Breast-Feeding Schedule From Birth to Three Months; 6 AM, 12 PM
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Baby's Stomach is Empty Three Hours After a Feeding, A
Title:
Baby's Stomach is Empty Three Hours After a Feeding, A
Description:
Text:Immediately after a feeding [top left]; one hour after a feeding [top right]; two hours after a feeding bottom left]; two hours after a feeding [bottom right]
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
In Hot Weather Don't Forget to Give Your Baby Sweetened, Boiled Water!
Title:
In Hot Weather Don't Forget to Give Your Baby Sweetened, Boiled Water!
Description:
Text:Gardeners, don't forget to water your flowers every day with fresh water [middle, far left]
Give your dog water every day, especially in hot weather [middle, center]
Every morning give your canary a cup of fresh water, along with food [middle, center right]
Drink a lot of water in hot weather [middle, far right]
Don't forget the baby! It also gets thirsty, just like an adult. Give the baby unsweetened, clean boiled water in a clean bottle two to three times a day between feedings, but never give it an extra bottle of milk.
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Causes of the English Disease Rickets; Improper Feeding With Cow's Milk and Poor Living Conditions Almost Always Lead to Rickets
Title:
Causes of the English Disease Rickets; Improper Feeding With Cow's Milk and Poor Living Conditions Almost Always Lead to Rickets
Date:
1921
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Washing a Baby; Powdering a Baby
Title:
Washing a Baby; Powdering a Baby
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What to Feed a Baby at Eight Months
Title:
What to Feed a Baby at Eight Months
Description:
Text:6 or 8 AM: slice of dry, white bread or cookie soaked in water
10 or 12 AM: [illegible text]
2 or 4 PM: bowl of Semolina, buckwheat or oatmeal porridge. May add 4 tablespoons of pureed vegetables
6 or 8 PM: half glass of cranberry Kisel 19 or one teaspoon of unboiled fresh juice. Breast-feed.
10 PM or 12 PM: Breast-feed.
Date:
1922
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Sun Is a Baby's Best Friend, The
Title:
Sun Is a Baby's Best Friend, The
Description:
Text:Bright sunlight is the greatest enemy of all illness [bottom]
The clinics are full, and the graveyards for children are empty
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What to Feed a Baby at Six Months
Title:
What to Feed a Baby at Six Months
Description:
Text:6 AM: breast-feed; 10 AM: breast-feed; 2 PM: bowl of Semolina porridge; 6 PM: breast-feed
10 PM: breast-feed
Date:
1922
Collection:
Soviet Posters

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