| LC control no. | n 82251674 |
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| Corporate name heading | New England Hospital for Women and Children |
| See also | New England Hospital |
| Found in | Drachman, V.C. Hospital with a heart, 1984: CIP t.p. (New England Hospital) pref. (New England Hospital for Women and Children; founded in Boston in 1862) NUCMC data from Boston Univ. Nursing Archives for New England Hospital for Women and Children collection, 1859-1986 (founded in 1862; name of the hospital was legally changed to New England Hospital in 1951) Smith College, Sophia Smith Collection WWW Home page, Aug. 19, 2003 (in the 1950s, the United Community Services of Greater Boston recommended that the hospital be open to male physicians; in response to this pressure, the board of directors adopted one of its recommendations and changed the institution's official name from the New England Hospital for Women and Children to the New England Hospital, thus indicating their willingness to accept men as patients; the controversy continued through the 1950s and 1960s; following a long battle led by Blanche Ames Ames, chair of the hospital's board of directors, the NEH closed in 1969) |
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