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Women physicians participate in professional dialogue when they publish their research. Discover a selection of books and articles from the NLM Digital Collections about both their scientific research and their experiences in a male-dominated field.

Title page of a book by Dr. Eliot with a sketch of a woman holding an infant in a blanket.

Infant Care, Martha May Eliot, Ethel Collins Dunham, and Marian Minor Crane, 1938

The United States Bureau of Child Welfare, a federal agency housed in the Department of Labor, published several editions of Infant Welfare in the early 20th century. Dr. Martha May Eliot (1891–1978), who worked for the Bureau’s Division of Child and Maternal Health, contributed to the revised edition in 1929. She continued to edit and update the book with new research and insights throughout the 1930s. This illustrated booklet instructed new parents on caring for their infants. Topics included how to properly feed a child, prevent colds and other illnesses, sleep, play, and care for premature, ill, or injured babies.