Virginia W. Beauchamp papers
Collection
0002-GWP
Dr. Beauchamp graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a degree in English in 1942. She later went on to earn a master's degree at the same institution in 1948. After World War II, Beauchamp worked for the International Red Cross in the Philippines and the occupied territory of northern Japan. Soon after finishing her work, she moved to Nigeria with her husband and three small children. Beauchamp began her teaching career at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1965. She was at the forefront of the effort to start a Women's Studies program and, in 1973, became the program's first coordinator. Beauchamp officially retired in 1990.
The papers contain cards and miscellaneous documents from Beauchamp's time in Japan from 1946-1947.
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2 Folders
The Virginia W. Beauchamp papers span the years 1946-1947. The collection contains magazines, cards, and newspaper clippings related to her time working with the Red Cross in occupied Japan.
The materials were donated by Dr. Virginia W. Beauchamp to the University of Maryland Libraries on December 11, 2003.
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