Title:

Sabin holding National Achievement Award medal

Date:

1932

Description:

Sabin was the first to receive this award, given by the Chi Omega sorority in recognition of notable achievement by women. She was selected as the most outstanding of hundreds of American women of distinction in the professions, public affairs, art, letters, business, finance, and education. (Subsequent awards were given to Frances Perkins, Alice Hamilton, and others.)

Original Repository:

Smith College. Sophia Smith Collection. Florence Rena Sabin Papers

Location:

Box: 29. Folder: 3

Rights:

Courtesy of Smith College.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Awards and Prizes

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Smith College. Sophia Smith Collection. Florence Rena Sabin Papers. 11303

Legacy ID:

RRBBBL

NLM ID:

101584641X9

Profiles Collection:

The Florence R. Sabin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584641X9

Story Section:

Sabin's Third Career: Public Health in Colorado, 1939-1951