Date range based on history of Elkhart General Hospital Training School for Nurses, which was founded in 1913 and closed in 1933.
The Parents' Information Bureau (PIB) was a clinic for family planning and birth control set up by A.R. Kaufman of the Kaufman Rubber Company in the 1930's in Kitchener, Ont. Kaufman became interested in birth control during the Great Depression after determining that seasonal employees with large families were disproportionately impacted by layoffs. He began offering family planning services to his employees, eventually extending them to anyone in Canada with the founding of the PIB. At its peak, the organization employed approximately 50 people in locations across the country who provided services to families in their homes, rather than at clinics. The model allowed families to order supplies by mail, receiving kits that included spermicides, condoms and information about purchasing additional items like diaphragms.
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One photograph of nurses dressed in white uniforms marching in a parade along a cobblestone city street. An Elkhart General Hospital Training School banner is being carried by nurses near the back of the group.