Anna Elizabeth Rude Explained

Anna Elizabeth Rude
Birth Date:September 3, 1876
Birth Place:San Jose, California, U.S.
Death Date:June 20, 1960 (age 83)
Death Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation:Physician, suffragist

Anna Elizabeth Rude (September 3, 1876[1] – June 20, 1960) was an American physician and suffragist, based in California. She was director of the Child Hygiene division of the United States Children's Bureau.

Early life and education

Rude was born in San Jose, California, the daughter of Daniel Rude and Amelia Nattinger Rude. Her mother died when Anna was very young; her father, a Civil War veteran from Massachusetts, died in 1887. She graduated from the state normal school (now San Jose State University) in San Jose in 1895,[2] and earned a medical degree at Cooper Medical College (now Stanford University School of Medicine).

Career

Rude served an internship at Children's Hospital of San Francisco in 1906 and 1907. She worked at Fabiola Hospital in Oakland and taught at Cooper Medical College.

Rude was active in the women's suffrage movement in California. She was treasurer of the College Equal Suffrage League of Northern California beginning in 1911. She attended the Democratic National Convention in 1920 as a representative of the League of Women Voters.[3]

Rude testified at a 1920 Senate hearing on maternal and infant health, and worked for passage of the Sheppard-Towner Act.[4] [5] In the 1920s, Rude was director of the Division of Child Hygiene of the United States Children's Bureau from 1918[6] to 1924,[7] [8] [9] giving presentations throughout the United States on child health policies and practices;[10] [11] she also answered letters from worried parents.[12] From the late 1920s into the 1940s,[13] [14] [15] she was director of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Hygiene in the Los Angeles County Health Department.[16] [17] In 1930, she became chair of the health committee of the California Conference of Social Work.[18]

Publications

While Rude was at the Children's Bureau, she wrote articles for the American Journal of Public Health and JAMA.

Personal life

Rude died in 1960, in her eighties, in San Francisco.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Rude's 1921 passport application and her gravestone both give 1876 as her birth year, and she was listed as a 3-year-old child in the 1880 federal census; however, some sources give 1875 as her birth year.
  2. News: 1895-06-29 . Normal School Graduates . 2024-04-02 . The San Francisco Call and Post . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Hoyt, Hailey. "Biography of Anna Elizabeth Rude, 1875-1960" Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890–1920, Alexander Street.
  4. Book: Protection of Maternity and Infancy: Hearing Before the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, United States Senate, Sixy-sixth Congress, Second Session on S. 3259 : a Bill for the Public Protection of Maternity and Infancy and Providing a Method of Cooperation Between the Government of the United States and the Several States . 1920 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
  5. News: 1928-08-15 . Dr. Rude Voices Her Confidence in the Women of Nation . 2024-04-02 . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . 40 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1918-08-19 . Baby Health Aid Joins U.S. Bureau . 2024-04-02 . San Francisco Bulletin . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  7. Book: Abbott, Grace . Ten Years' Work for Children . 1923 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 4. en.
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=i3m3zobCY7wC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Anna%20E.%20Rude&pg=PA386#v=onepage&q=Anna%20E.%20Rude&f=false "Three Stars in the Southern Constellation"
  9. December 1919 . No Job Too Big for Them . Green Book Magazine . 22 . 6 . 85.
  10. News: 1917-09-27 . Children's Health Conferences . 2024-04-02 . The Jordan Gazette . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1919-05-22 . Dr. Anna E. Rude to Visit This City Soon . 2024-04-02 . San Francisco Bulletin . 13 . Newspapers.com.
  12. Book: Reagan, Leslie J. . Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America . 2012-07-09 . Univ of California Press . 978-0-520-27457-0 . 11–13 . en.
  13. News: 1934-01-13 . Woman Doctor Engaged for Health Talk . 2024-04-02 . Monrovia News-Post . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: 1940-05-03 . Health Program Focused on Mothers and Children . 2024-04-02 . The Redondo Reflex . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: 1942-05-11 . Care Given 3,000 Expectant Mothers . 2024-04-02 . Wilmington Daily Press Journal . 8 . Newspapers.com.
  16. Web site: Dr. Anna E. Rude, Director of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Hygiene, Los Angeles, 1929 . 2024-04-01 . UCLA Library Digital Collections.
  17. News: 1929-10-22 . Angeleno Honored by Hoover; Dr. Anna E. Rude Name to White House Conference on Child Health . 2024-04-02 . The Los Angeles Times . 29 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1930-04-16 . Honor Accorded Health Official . 2024-04-02 . The Los Angeles Times . 27 . Newspapers.com.
  19. Rude . Anna E. . May 1919. The Children's Year Campaign. American Journal of Public Health . en . 9 . 5 . 346–351 . 10.2105/AJPH.9.5.346 . 0271-4353 . 1362509 . 18010095.
  20. Rude . Anna E. . October 1920 . Status of State Bureaus of Child Hygiene . American Journal of Public Health . en . 10 . 10 . 772–779 . 10.2105/AJPH.10.10.772 . 0271-4353 . 1362886 . 18010379.
  21. Rude . Anna E. . 1922-09-16 . The Sheppard-Towner Act in Relation to Public Health . JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association . en . 79 . 12 . 959 . 10.1001/jama.1922.02640120033012 . 0098-7484.
  22. Rude . Anna E. . 1923-09-22 . The Midwife Problem in the United States . JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association . en . 81 . 12 . 987 . 10.1001/jama.1923.02650120019006 . 0098-7484.
  23. News: 1960-06-23 . Rites Held for Dr. Rude . 2024-04-02 . The San Francisco Examiner . 14 . Newspapers.com.

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