Century of Progress  1933 Chicago, Illinois FOCUS HOME  Dr Lena Kellogg Sadler MD "Forty years later, when arrangements for the Century of Progress were completed, the medical women were excluded. In protestation, Dr. Lena Sadler and I appealed to the management for representation and sought some exhibit in the Hall of Science. We were told that, as there had been no arrangements for exhibition, Maternal Hygiene, we might make an application for such an exhibit. However, there were a dozen applications for the space, and if we wanted it, we would have to compete by presenting the perfect model of a maternal exhibit with all specifications. With the help of a hastily organized group of the Medical, Dental, and Allied Science Womens' Association, we presented such a fascinating model that we were given the space." "The financing was more difficult — so difficult that Dr. Lena Sadler and I found ourselves almost alone on the project. The democratic program was to collect one dollar from every medical, dental, and allied science woman in the United States, but Dr. Lena said, 'No, no. That's too long and hard a job. Go to Lane Bryant and ask their permission to exhibit their maternity dresses. I will go to Vanta, and then there's the Camp maternity corset. These firms ought to pay $500 for the privilege of exhibiting their products.' To my amazement, Dr. Lena's plan brought us $6,000 in a few weeks so the Medical, Dental, and Allied Science Women's Association for the Century of Progress was able to sponsor and furnish a booth on Maternal Hygiene in the Hall of Science, a booth on the History of Women in Medicine in the Hall of Social Science and a booth devoted to Child Welfare on the Enchanted Island." Petticoat Surgeon, Van Hoosen M.D., Dr. Bertha, Arno Press, New York 1947.