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Winter 2003 Volume 52 Number 1 |
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About the Cover
This photograph of Christine Stevens was taken at one of the dog cages
at the (then) new $100,000 shelter of the Humane Society of Washtenaw
County, Michigan, shortly after the Animal Welfare Institute's (AWI)
founding in New York City in 1951. Mrs. Stevens wrote in the inaugural
AWI Information Report, published December 1951, "The Animal Welfare
Institute has been established by a group of persons interested in the
humane treatment of all animals. It is particularly interested at
present in the welfare of animals used in laboratories. This is one
aspect of humane work that has received little practical attention in
the United States." Mrs. Stevens persevered as AWI's president for over
50 years, expanding the Institute's work and serving selflessly without
financial reward. She was so modest that she refused to allow this
photograph to be used on the cover of our 50th Anniversary
issue-insisting on a depiction of her with someone else. Photo taken by
Esther Bubley. |
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