Farrar, Frances, 1855-1926
Frances Farrar attended Elmira and Vassar Colleges and was active in progressive political organizations by 1912. She assumed the leadership of the Elmira Equal Suffrage League in 1913. She remained an active suffragist through the 1915 and 1917 campaigns. Farrar led an Elmira Suffrage Study Club and attended state suffrage conferences. In addition to her suffrage work, Farrar was an artist and art teacher. She maintained a studio on East Hill where she preserved and manufactured stereopticon slides, her collection of which grew to over 25,000.
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| referencedIn | Papers of Helen Brewster Owens, 1867-1948 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1867, 1895, 1902-1948 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| associatedWith | Owens, Helen Brewster, 1881-1968. | person |
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| Elmira | NY | US |
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| Suffrage |
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Birth 1855
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