Emily Hartshorne Mudd | |
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Born | September 6, 1898 |
Died | May 2, 1998 |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Birth Control Advocate |
Honours | Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1993. [1] |
Emily Borie Hartshorne Mudd (September 6, 1898 – May 2, 1998), was an early family expert, a women's rights activist and birth control advocate. [2] [3] [4] [5] According to The New York Times, she "...helped lay the groundwork for virtually every aspect of professional marriage and family counseling." [4]
Emily Mudd attended Vassar. [6] She earned a master's degree as well as a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. [7]
In 1927, Mudd founded Philadelphia's first birth control clinic. [5] Knowing there was a law on the books in the city of Philadelphia barring pregnant women from being imprisoned, a pregnant Mudd worked to create this clinic. She published an article about early family planning in the February 1931 edition of the Birth Control Review. [5] She was also heavily involved in the creation of the Planned Parenthood Association of Philadelphia. [7]
In 1933 Mudd and her husband, a microbiologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, helped create the Philadelphia Marriage Council. [4] She served as its executive director from 1936 to her retirement in 1967. [4]
In addition to her counseling work, Mudd was also a consulting editor on Alfred Kinsey's report on the sexual behavior of the human female. [7]
Mudd was appointed in 1952 to an assistant professorship of family study in psychiatry, becoming the third woman on the medical school's faculty. [4] [8] In 1956, she became the first woman appointed a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school. [4] [5]
She was credited as co-author of 14 of her husband's papers. [4]
She married University of Pennsylvania professor Dr. Stuart Mudd in 1922. [4] [7] They remained married for fifty years until he died in 1975. [5] The couple had two sons and two daughters. [9] Mudd was voted mother of the year by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1961. [10] She lived to the age of 99 and had ten grandchildren. [5] [11] She later remarried. [4]
Emily Hartshorne Mudd | |
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Born | September 6, 1898 |
Died | May 2, 1998 |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Birth Control Advocate |
Honours | Elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1993. [1] |
Emily Borie Hartshorne Mudd (September 6, 1898 – May 2, 1998), was an early family expert, a women's rights activist and birth control advocate. [2] [3] [4] [5] According to The New York Times, she "...helped lay the groundwork for virtually every aspect of professional marriage and family counseling." [4]
Emily Mudd attended Vassar. [6] She earned a master's degree as well as a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. [7]
In 1927, Mudd founded Philadelphia's first birth control clinic. [5] Knowing there was a law on the books in the city of Philadelphia barring pregnant women from being imprisoned, a pregnant Mudd worked to create this clinic. She published an article about early family planning in the February 1931 edition of the Birth Control Review. [5] She was also heavily involved in the creation of the Planned Parenthood Association of Philadelphia. [7]
In 1933 Mudd and her husband, a microbiologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, helped create the Philadelphia Marriage Council. [4] She served as its executive director from 1936 to her retirement in 1967. [4]
In addition to her counseling work, Mudd was also a consulting editor on Alfred Kinsey's report on the sexual behavior of the human female. [7]
Mudd was appointed in 1952 to an assistant professorship of family study in psychiatry, becoming the third woman on the medical school's faculty. [4] [8] In 1956, she became the first woman appointed a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school. [4] [5]
She was credited as co-author of 14 of her husband's papers. [4]
She married University of Pennsylvania professor Dr. Stuart Mudd in 1922. [4] [7] They remained married for fifty years until he died in 1975. [5] The couple had two sons and two daughters. [9] Mudd was voted mother of the year by the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1961. [10] She lived to the age of 99 and had ten grandchildren. [5] [11] She later remarried. [4]