Florence Seaver Slocomb Papers 1876-1930

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Florence Seaver Slocomb Papers 1876-1930

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Woman's club leader and suffragist. The papers document Slocomb's broad involvement in a variety of civic affairs, social causes and political movements. Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings make up about half of the collection. The rest consists of a small amount of correspondence, articles, speeches, and one photograph. Materials document her World War I service, women's club activities, and campaigns for suffrage, pure food, and jury service for women.

1 box; (.5 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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Worcester Women's Club

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Slocomb, Florence Seaver, 1867-1955

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Florence Seaver Slocomb, 1906 Florence Seaver was born in Massachusetts on April 26, 1867. Her father, Nathanial Seaver was a Unitarian minister who served various churches including those in Leicester, Millbury, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College in 1889 and went on to teach high school in North Easton, Massachusetts. In 1895 she married George Albert Slocomb, a well-known Worcester physician. She became active in the Unitarian church and w...