Emma France Ward Papers, 1922-1966
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Emma France Ward Papers
Ward, Emma F. (Emma France)
Biographical History for: Emma France Ward Papers
Biographical Note 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.
Scope and Contents of the Collection 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.
Industrial safety--United States--History--20th century--Sources
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Shipbuilding industry--Employees--History--Sources
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Sources
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
Women--Health and hygiene--History--20th century--Sources
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Contents
Biographical materials
Biographical sketch and bookplate, 1923, 1933
Obituary, 1964
Correspondence
Photocopies of correspondence, 1922-55
to Margaret Storrs Grierson, 1955-60
Application to the United Nations, 1954
Writings and research
Accident prevention, 1926-43
Articles by Emma Ward, 1923-30
Child labor, 1924
Industrial health, 1925-45
Shipbuilding
General, 1944-46
England, n.d.
Publications, 1943-45
Women in industry, 1943-44
Printed materials
Bournville Works Publications: pamphlets, 1927-29
Pension: Provident and Benevolent Funds
Education in the Factory
Bournville Housing
Pamphlets loose in box:
A Study of Absenteeism Among Women, 1943
Two Studies on Hours of Work, 1928
Artificial Humidification in the Cotton Weaving Industry, 1927
The Assessment of Psychological Qualities by Verbal Methods, 1938
Inventory of the County and Town Archives of Maryland, 1939
The Family Status of Breadwinning Women, 1922
Negro Women in Industry, 1922
Health Problems of Women in Industry, 1921
Hours and Conditions of Work for Women in Industry in Virginia, 1920
The New Position of Women in American Industry, 1920
Women in Maryland Industries, 1922
Institute of Citizenship and Government, 1923
Skoda Works, 1929
Book: Away in a Manger by Jean Thoburn, 1942