Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968

Description: The papers provide insight into the life and work of Ruth Woodsmall and reflect the status of women in the Middle and Far East as well as post-war (World Wars I and II) conditions in Europe. There is an extensive record of her work for the World YWCA (l9l7-1948) and as Chief of Women's Affairs for the US High Commissioner for Occupied Germany (HICOG) (l945-l959). Field surveys of the Balkans and the Near East and surveys of migration conditions in Switzerland, Italy, France, and Belgium are of particular interest as well as research notes and reports on the conditions of women compiled for the World YWCA. Also documented is Woodsmall's work for the Commission on Christian Education in Japan; the Laymen's Foreign Mission Inquiry; and the Baptist Home Mission Study. In addition there is extensive source material on women in the Near and Middle East, and (to a lesser extent) Europe and the Far East, gathered by Woodsmall in support of her publications. There is also a large collection of photographs of women from around the world during the first half of the twentieth century.

Dates Covered: 1863 -- 1968

Donor: Marlen Eldredge Neumann

Holding Institution: Smith College

Archive: Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive

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Report of the International Committee Conference, Tehran, 20-23 June 1960

written by International Alliance of Women, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, Folder 7, 22pp.) (Northampton, MA) (31 August 1960) , 22 page(s)

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Report of the International Hospitality Committee, 1956-1957

written by Alice Mayer Stetten, 1882-1972, National Council of Women of the United States, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, Folder 7, 6pp.) (Northampton, MA) (1957) , 6 page(s)

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Report of the Thirteenth Session of the Social Commission, 17 April - 5 May 1961

written by Eleanor Roberts, fl. 1961, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, Folder 8, 3pp.) (Northampton, MA) (1961) , 3 page(s)

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Report on the Seventeenth Session, Commission on Human Rights, New York, 20 February to 17 March 1961

written by Esther W. Hymer, 1898-2001 and Eleanor Roberts, fl. 1961, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, Folder 8, 5 pp.) (Northampton, MA) (1961) , 5 page(s)

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Rough Notes of a Talk with Mahatma Gandhi at Segaon with Ruth Woodsmall, Rhoda McCulloch, and Agatha Harrison, 1 December 1936

written by Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948 and Ruth Frances Woodsmall, 1883-1963, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 21, Folder 13, 3pp.) (Northampton, MA) (1936) , 3 page(s)

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Second Asian Workshop, Held in New York 3-27 May 1957: Theme: The Role of Women in the Community

written by Committee of Correspondence, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, 54pp.) (Northampton, MA) (1957) , 54 page(s)

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Statement by Judge Dorothy Kenyon on the Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, 19 May 1949

written by Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 64, Folder 15, 2pp.) (Northampton, MA) (19 May 1949) , 2 page(s)

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Statement by Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold to the Commission on the Status of Women, 22 March 1954

written by Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld, 1905-1961, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 64, Folder 15, 3pp.) (Northampton, MA) (22 March 1954) , 3 page(s)

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Status of Women at Geneva: Meeting of the Committee of Experts

in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 64, Folder 8, 2pp.) (Northampton, MA) (11 May 1938) , 2 page(s)

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To Association Leaders Especially Interested in the Work of the Committee of Experts for the Study of the Legal Status of Women

written by Ruth Frances Woodsmall, 1883-1963, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 64, Folder 8, 3pp.) (Northampton, MA) (12 January 1939) , 3 page(s)

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