Kate Waller Barrett [photograph]

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VCU_M 9 Box 239 Kate Waller Barrett rsz.jpg

Title

Kate Waller Barrett [photograph]

Description

Photographic portrait of Kate Waller Barrett. Barrett was one of the first women medical doctors in the south. She co-founded the National Florence Crittenton Mission with Charles Nelson Crittenton. The organization focused on the needs of unwed mothers and prostitutes ("fallen women"). Barrett was instrumental in helping unwed mothers become an acceptable subject of philanthropy.

Source

M 9 Box 239, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Contributor

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

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Notes

Learn more: 

Kate Waller Barrett, Social Welfare History Project
Florence Crittenton Mission, Social Welfare History Project
Kate Waller Barrett, Social Welfare History Image Portal

Citation

“Kate Waller Barrett [photograph],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed December 2, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/537.