Caroline Maria Seymour Severance Papers 1861-1920

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Caroline Maria Seymour Severance Papers 1861-1920

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Woman's club leader; women's rights activist; and abolitionist. The Severance Papers include a small amount of biographical material; two photographs of Jesse Benton Fremont; a book about the women's club movement; Caroline Severance's guest book; and a scrapbook kept by Caroline Severance's daughter, Julia Long Severance (Burrage). The guest book and scrapbook include autographs, quotations, notes, correspondence, drawings, photographs, and memorabilia of many notable persons. Louisa May Alcott, A. Bronson Alcott, Catharine Beecher, Alice Stone Blackwell, Lydia Maria Child, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Sarah Grimke, Julia Ward Howe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Booker T. Washington, John Greenleaf Whittier are included, among many others.

1 box; (.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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New England Women's Club

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One of the oldest women's clubs in the U.S., the New England Women's Club was founded in 1868 to provide a meeting place for women outside their homes where they could obtain knowledge and inspiration for work inside and outside the home and for uniting their efforts in various social causes. The club held weekly meetings from November to May with speakers on subjects in literature, history, music, art, or on topics of current interest, such as suffrage or homes for the poor. Speakers included b...

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Severance, Julia

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