Online Exhibit: Beyond TLC: Missouri Women in the Health Science Professions

The Washington University Bernard Becker Medical Library recently launched a new online exhibit, "Beyond TLC: Missouri Women in the Health Science Professions" (http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/index.htm). The exhibit celebrates the achievements and careers of women in Missouri who made an impact on the health science professions during the 20th century. The site both profiles individual women and explores women's contributions to the development of health science professions such as nursing, occupational and physical therapy, and medical social work.

"Beyond TLC" includes biographies; selections from letters, essays, and speeches; related articles and links; a timeline; and a digital image gallery. Over 70 women are profiled, including Nobel laureates Gerty Cori and Rita Levi-Montalcini, physicians Mary Hancock McLean and Helen E. Nash, anatomist Mildred Trotter and nurse Julia C. Stimson.

Funding for this exhibit was provided by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act administered through the Missouri State Library.

The content of "Beyond TLC" was drawn primarily from the Washington University School of Medicine Bernard Becker Medical Library. The visual, personal and institutional collections held in the Becker Medical Library provided both primary and secondary source materials for this project. Representative visual images and documents were selected not only to illustrate the text but also to provide additional insights into the lives and times of the women profiled.

Images for this digital project were selected from over 50 of the Becker Medical Library's visual collections. Images were digitized in compliance with the Best Practices Guidelines advocated by the Missouri Digitization Project Planning Committee, Scanning Working Group.

For more information regarding the Becker Medical Library's digital projects, contact Barbara Halbrook, Associate Director, Access Services, Becker Medical Library, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8132, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, (halbrookb@msnotes.wustl.edu)