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 Hartshorne Mudd | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
Education
editEmily Mudd attended Vassar.[6] She earned a master's degree as well as a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.[7]
Career
editIn 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]
Personal life
editShe 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]
External links
edit- Celello, Kristin (February 2000). "Mudd, Emily Borie Hartshorne". American National Biography Online. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Mastroianni, Luigi (March 2000). "Emily Hartshorne Mudd; 6 September 1898–2 May 1998" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 144 (1).
References
edit- ^ "APS Member History".
- ^ "Mudd Family Papers". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ Celello, Kristin (February 2000). "Mudd, Emily Borie Hartshorne". American National Biography Online. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (1998-05-06). "Emily Mudd, 99, Dies; Early Family Expert". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ a b c d e f Mastroianni, Luigi (2000). "Emily Hartshorne Mudd, 6 September 1898 · 2 May 1998". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 144 (1): 100–104. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 1515609.
- ^ "Vassar Chronicle 18 January 1947 — HRVH Historical Newspapers". news.hrvh.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ a b c d "Mudd Family Papers". University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "Deaths. Dr. Emily Mudd, Pioneer in Marriage and Family Counseling". University of Pennsylvania Almanac. 44 (33). May 12, 1998.
- ^ "Collection: Papers of Emily Hartshorne Mudd, 1873-1990 | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "30 Apr 1961, Page 37 - The Philadelphia Inquirer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "5 May 1998, Page 40 - The Philadelphia Inquirer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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