The Carola Warburg Rothschild Award

Established in 1997, this award pays tribute to one of the great leaders of Childbirth Connection, Carola Warburg Rothschild. Carola Rothschild began her association with Childbirth Connection during World War II as a lab technician at the Berwind Clinic, a home-birth clinic run by Childbirth Connection in New York City. She went on to be a volunteer leader at Childbirth Connection for more than forty years, and to serve as Childbirth Connection's President from 1951 to 1964.

This award recognizes individuals who - like Carola Rothschild - have made outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of women and families.

Please contact Childbirth Connection for information on how to nominate individuals for this award.

Award Recipients:

2008

Donna L. Lynne

President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Colorado

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2007

Betsy Gotbaum

Public Advocate, City of New York

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Choices in Childbirth

A nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternity care by providing the public, especially childbearing women and their families, with the information necessary to make fully informed decisions relating to how, where, and with whom they will give birth

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2005

Doris B. Haire

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2003

Kitty Ernst

President of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Founding Director of the American Association of Birth Centers

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John Kennell, MD and Marshall Klaus, MD

Authors and Researchers on Parent-Infant Bonding and Continuous Support During Labor

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2002

Penny Simkin, PT

Physical Therapist, Childbirth Educator, Doula and internationally renowned author and advocate for childbearing women

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2001

The Team of Murray Enkin, MD, Marc Keirse, MD, and Iain Chalmers, MD

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Over the course of more than two decades, Enkin, Keirse, and Chalmers have made outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of childbearing women and their families. Childbirth Connection celebrates and honors these three men for refining the scientific synthesis of research evidence and leading a dedicated team in the application of these "systematic review" methods to the entire field of maternal and newborn care; for disseminating their findings in a series of landmark publications; for helping to ensure that women, clinicians, and policy makers can make decisions about maternity care that are informed by the best available research; and for their continuing efforts to determine the safety and effectiveness of maternity care for mothers and babies.

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1998

Byllye Y. Avery

Founder of The Avery Institute for Social Change and the Black Women's Health Imperative

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Jo Ivey Boufford, MD

President of The New York Academy of Medicine

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1997

Ruth Watson Lubic

Founder and President Emeritus of the DC Developing Families Center

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Alice Stone Ilchman

Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation and former president of Sarah Lawrence College

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The Carola Warburg Rothschild Award Established in 1997, this award pays tribute to one of the great leaders of Childbirth Connection, Carola Warburg Rothschild. Carola Rothschild began her association with Childbirth Connection during World War II as a lab technician at the Berwind Clinic, a home-birth clinic run by Childbirth Connection in New York City. She went on to be a volunteer leader at Childbirth Connection for more than forty years, and to serve as Childbirth Connection's President from 1951 to 1964. This award recognizes individuals who - like Carola Rothschild - have made outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of women and families. Please contact Childbirth Connection for information on how to nominate individuals for this award. Award Recipients: 2008 Donna L. Lynne President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Colorado Read a short bio for Donna L. Lynne 2007 Betsy Gotbaum Public Advocate, City of New York Read a short bio for Betsy Gotbaum Visit the Public Advocate website Choices in Childbirth A nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternity care by providing the public, especially childbearing women and their families, with the information necessary to make fully informed decisions relating to how, where, and with whom they will give birth Click here for more info Visit www.choicesinchildbirth.org 2005 Doris B. Haire Read a short bio for Doris B. Haire 2003 Kitty Ernst President of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Founding Director of the American Association of Birth Centers Read a short bio for Kitty Ernst John Kennell, MD and Marshall Klaus, MD Authors and Researchers on Parent-Infant Bonding and Continuous Support During Labor Read a short bios for John Kennell, MD and Marshall Klaus, MD 2002 Penny Simkin, PT Physical Therapist, Childbirth Educator, Doula and internationally renowned author and advocate for childbearing women Read a short bio for Penny Simkin, PT 2001 The Team of Murray Enkin, MD, Marc Keirse, MD, and Iain Chalmers, MD Over the course of more than two decades, Enkin, Keirse, and Chalmers have made outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of childbearing women and their families. Childbirth Connection celebrates and honors these three men for refining the scientific synthesis of research evidence and leading a dedicated team in the application of these "systematic review" methods to the entire field of maternal and newborn care; for disseminating their findings in a series of landmark publications; for helping to ensure that women, clinicians, and policy makers can make decisions about maternity care that are informed by the best available research; and for their continuing efforts to determine the safety and effectiveness of maternity care for mothers and babies. Read a short bio for Murray Enkin, MD Read a short bio for Marc Keirse, MD Read a short bio for Iain Chalmers 1998 Byllye Y. Avery Founder of The Avery Institute for Social Change and the Black Women's Health Imperative Read a short bio for Byllye Y. Avery Jo Ivey Boufford, MD President of The New York Academy of Medicine Read a short bio for Jo Ivey Boufford, MD 1997 Ruth Watson Lubic Founder and President Emeritus of the DC Developing Families Center Read a short bio for Ruth Watson Lubic Alice Stone Ilchman Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation and former president of Sarah Lawrence College Read a short bio for Alice Stone Ilchman © 2013 Childbirth Connection. All rights reserved. Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families. Most recent page update: 6/29/2009