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Women's rights -- United States -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Garrison family papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00060
Overview The Garrison Family Papers contain thousands of primary sources that document the family's involvement in politics, business, art, literature, religion, education, and most of the major reform movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These include abolition, anti-imperialism, anti-vaccination, conservation, free trade and tariff reform, immigration reform, pacifism, race, single tax, and temperance. Extensive correspondence, diaries, clippings, articles, speeches, photographs,...
Dates of Materials: 1694 - 2010
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Garrison family papers

Minona Stearns Fitts Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00662
Overview Suffragist; Writer; Political activist. The collection includes biographical information about Jones, including an unpublished biography by her great-granddaughter Jeanne S. Dunn; oral histories (audio recordings) of Jones' descendents; diaries, including transcripts; political essays by Jones, including anti-prohibition pieces; family photographs; and numerous scrapbooks containing clippings by and about Minona Jones, and about suffrage, women's rights, temperance, and prohibition. There is...
Dates of Materials: 1875-2002
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Minona Stearns Fitts Jones papers

Susan B. Anthony papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00005
Overview Susan B. Anthony was a suffragist, feminist, temperance leader, and abolitionist. Anthony began her political career with the Women's New York State Temperance Society, and became involved in women's rights, suffrage, and the abolitionist movements. The bulk of the collection consists of material by outside parties about Anthony, including biographical material; published writings by Anthony; memorabilia; correspondence; autograph collection; and photographs.
Dates of Materials: 1850 - 1979
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Susan B. Anthony papers
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