Kathryn H. Stone Papers ca. 1881-1988

American Association of University Women

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According to the The American Association of University Women's website, the AAUW is a nationwide network for the advancement of equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. From the guide to the The American Association of University Women, 1937-1994, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) Based in Washington, D.C. From the description of American Association of University Women records, 1935-1955. (Unkno...

John Birch Society.

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American radical right-wing political advocacy group that supports anti-communism, limited government, a Constitutional Republic and personal freedom. From the description of John Birch Society records, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 696628690 ...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

League of Women Voters (U.S.)

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The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that was formed to help women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote. It was founded in 1920 to support the new women suffrage rights and was a merger of National Council of Women Voters, founded by Emma Smith DeVoe, and National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution g...

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Wells, Marguerite M. (Marguerite Milton), 1872-1959

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Wells, a suffrage leader, was president of the Minnesota League of Women Voters (1922-1932) and president of the National league (1934-1944). From the description of Papers, 1895-1959 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006894 ...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Stone, Kathryn H. (Kathryn Haeseler), 1906-1995

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Virginia state delegate from Arlington County, Va. From the description of Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1916-1995 (bulk 1941-1985). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647867971 From the description of Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1881-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833379 Va. State delegate from Arlington Co., Va. From the description of Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1...

Max Freedman

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Virginia Council on State Legislation

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Gray Commission

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Pupil Placement Board

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The creation of Virginia's Pupil Placement Board was approved by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on September 29, 1956. The Pupil Placement Act was one part of a comprehensive package of legislation passed during the 1956 special session to negate and counteract the effects of the opinion expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The Brown decision marked the end of legal segregation in public schools by concluding that separate facilities fo...

Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995

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Jay Winston Johns, Jr. was a coal industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia and became a leader in preserving homes of renowned Virginians. He married Helen Lambert (1881-1964). Johns became blind in the late 1950's. He and his wife owned "Ash Lawn," Albemarle County, Virginia which had been the home of James Monroe and designed by Thomas Jefferson. Johns was founder of the Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc., a foundation dedicated to preserving the memo...

Hershman, James Howard

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Joseph H. Freehill

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Women on their Own

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

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Formed in 1890 by the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. From the description of National American Woman Suffrage Association records, 1839-1961 bulk (1890-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979907 The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was formed in 1890 with the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA fought for complete political ...

Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992

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Arnold Eric Sevareid (b. November 26, 1912-d. July 9, 1992) was born in Velva, North Dakota. He was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977....

Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

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Lawyer, of Roanoke and Richmond, Va.; Roanoke City Hustings Court judge; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1945-1948; Attorney General of Virginia, 1948-1957; Governor of Virginia, 1959-1962; judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1963-1986. From the description of Papers, 1850-1987. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 33953204 Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Mari...

National Committee on Atomic Information

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Established in 1945 as a clearinghouse for information on the atomic age. Dissolved in 1948. From the description of Records of the National Committee on Atomic Information, 1945-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77578130 ...

Parent Teacher Association

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Magruder Elementary School is located on Penniman Road in York County, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Magruder School">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Magruder School</a>. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.ed...

Harold A.

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Louisa Jane Harper

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Social Legislation Information Service

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Elsie Carper

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Benjamin Muse

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Ann Perkins Cabell

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M. Crawford Young

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Virginia Committee for Public Schools.

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Harrison Mann

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School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund

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David Scull

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National Civil Service League

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Gilmer, Howard C. (Howard Cecil), 1906-

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Mary Cushing Niles

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Council of State Governments.

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Paul A. Beighley

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Frank Moncure

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Future Homemakers of America

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Virginius Dabney

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William Haskett

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Consortium for Continuing Higher Education in Northern Virginia

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Virginia Advisory Legislative Council

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Virginia Education Association

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The Virginia Education Association was organized as the Educational Association of Virginia at a convention in Petersburg on 29 December 1863. The name was changed in 1891 to Virginia Educational Association and, again, in 1898 to Virginia Teachers' League. During part of 1901, it bore the name Teachers' League of Virginia and, from 1901 to 1925, the name Virginia State Teachers Association was adopted. In 1925, the name was changed to its present name, Virginia Education Association, celebrated...

Marshall Fishwick

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Women, Work, and Volunteering

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National urban league

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The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, later the National Urban League, resulted from the 1910 merger of three welfare organizations in New York, N.Y.: the Committee for Improving Industrial Conditions among Negroes in New York, the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, and the National League for Protection of Colored Women. From the description of Records of the National Urban League, 1910-1986 (bulk 1930-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130941 ...

Francis Gary Powers

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Ku Klux Klan

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Sidney C. Day, Jr.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Jane Gilmer Wilhelm

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Tenth District Women's Democratic Club

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Council on Human Relations

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Inter-race relations council organized in 1955, in Cleveland, Ohio, by a splinter group from the local chapter of the National Conference on Christians and Jews. Its goal is to promote interracial understanding and appreciation through education of children and young adults. From the description of Records 1955-1984. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18131059 The Council on Human Relations (f. 1955) was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, by a splint...

Northern Virginia Technical College

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Robert Whitehead

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Leon Dure

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