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HIST/WFQS 260: Sex and Reproduction in Nineteenth Century America: Before Margaret Sanger

This guide is a companion to Ms. Edwards' group assignment, Sex at Early Vassar

Topic

Vassar Policies and Curriculum Relating to Health, Hygiene, & Sexuality

The evolution of Vassar’s social regulations and its health and hygiene policies and curriculum, as shown by official policies, curricular offerings, and perhaps campus architecture.

Keywords

Health

Hygiene

Physician

Infirmary

Metcalf

Avery

Thelberg

VC Digital Library

via Hathi Trust

Vassar College catalogue (also available in print)

May 1865 - 1870/1871 +  ♦  1871/1872 - 1880/1881  ♦  1881/1882 - 1889/1890  ♦  1890/1891 - 1898/1899  ♦  1899/1900 - 1907/1908  ♦  1908/1909 - 1912/1913  ♦  1913/1914 - 1917/1918  ♦  1918/1919 - 1920/1921  ♦  1919/1920 - 1922/1923

Annual reports of officers (also available in print)

1901 ♦ 1902 ♦ 1903 ♦ 1904 ♦ 1905 ♦ 1906 ♦ 1907 ♦ 1908 ♦ 1909 ♦ 1910 ♦ 1911 ♦ 1912 ♦ 1913 ♦ 1914 ♦ 1915-1916 ♦ 1916 ♦  1917 ♦ 1918 ♦ 1919 ♦ 1920 ♦ 1921 ♦ 1922 ♦ 1923 ♦ 1924 ♦ 1925 ♦ 1926 ♦ 1927 ♦ 1929 ♦ 1930

Communication to the Board of Trustees, 1861 February (essentially Vassar College's first mission statement)

"The Vassar Course of Study" by John Howard Raymond, Godey's Lady's Book, Volume 81 (July 1870), 40-48  (also available in print in Archives and Special Collections.)

Vassar College, A College for Women, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. by John H. Raymond, 1873 (also available in print in Archives and Special Collections)

Laws and Regulations of Vassar College, 1880

Sampling of other books and articles about Vassar College

1897 AAUW bibliography of books and articles on women's education

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