Medical Women's International Association
- Date:
- 1920s-1980s
- Reference:
- SA/MWF/K
- Part of:
- Medical Women's Federation
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Records generated by MWF involvement with MWIA.
Publication/Creation
1920s-1980s
Physical description
6 boxes
Biographical note
Brief Chronology
1920: International Organisation subcommittee set up by the MWF
1922: Official representatives of MWF attend International Congress of Medical Women at Geneva; the MWF subsequently joins the Medical Women's International Association
1924: Meeting of the MWIA in London at the invitation of the MWF
1931: MWF International Organisation subcommittee dissolved and British International Standing Committee set up
1937: MWIA Congress at Edinburgh in July
1939: MWIA Office in Paris closed for the duration of the war; archives 'conveyed to a place of safety in France'
1940: MWIA HQ in France closed down and MWIA activities generally very limited
1946: Meeting of MWIA Council in London
1958: MWIA Congress held at Bedford College London
1975: Meeting at Aveimore of the Northern Group of the MWIA, organised by the Scottish Standing Committee
1978: Committee set up to organise 1980 MWIA Congress in UK
1980: MWIA Diamond Jubilee Congress held in Birmingham
1983: MWIA resolution disapproving of female ritual circumcision sent to BMA, GMC, Women's National Commission and Department of Health by the MWF
1920: International Organisation subcommittee set up by the MWF
1922: Official representatives of MWF attend International Congress of Medical Women at Geneva; the MWF subsequently joins the Medical Women's International Association
1924: Meeting of the MWIA in London at the invitation of the MWF
1931: MWF International Organisation subcommittee dissolved and British International Standing Committee set up
1937: MWIA Congress at Edinburgh in July
1939: MWIA Office in Paris closed for the duration of the war; archives 'conveyed to a place of safety in France'
1940: MWIA HQ in France closed down and MWIA activities generally very limited
1946: Meeting of MWIA Council in London
1958: MWIA Congress held at Bedford College London
1975: Meeting at Aveimore of the Northern Group of the MWIA, organised by the Scottish Standing Committee
1978: Committee set up to organise 1980 MWIA Congress in UK
1980: MWIA Diamond Jubilee Congress held in Birmingham
1983: MWIA resolution disapproving of female ritual circumcision sent to BMA, GMC, Women's National Commission and Department of Health by the MWF
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
The papers of Dr Louisa Martindale, GC/25, include her files as President of the MWIA, 1937-1947.
At other repositories:
This material is not the MWIA's own archives: there is a collection of these in the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.