Bess Furman papers, 1728-1967

Furman family.

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Winslow family.

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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...

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...

United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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In March 1972 President Richard Nixon called for an "intensive study" and requested a plan for developing a "safe, fast, and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system." Nixon's request was the result of several independent events and initiatives throughout the late 1960s that focused on the U.S. lack of an efficient system for maintaining a sufficiently ample, risk-free national blood supply. The primary aim of the policy was to eliminate the nation's dependence on an oft-con...

McAllister, Dorothy Smith, 1899-1983

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Dorothy Smith McAllister was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1899, the daughter of a prominent local surgeon, Richard Root Smith and his wife, Myra (Raiguel Wonderly) Smith. In 1915 she graduated from the Maderia School in Greenway, Virginia. Continuing her education at Bryn Mawr College, she received her A.B. degree with honors in 1920. Thirty years later she earned her master's degree with honors in political science from the University of Michigan. From 19...

Owen, Ruth Bryan, 1885-1954

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Ruth Baird Bryan Leavitt Owen Rohde, also known as Ruth Bryan Owen, (October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954) was an author and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Owen was the daughter of three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. In 1928, she was elected from Florida's 4th district as Florida's first female U.S. Representative and the second from the South after Alice Mary Robertson. Representative Owen was also the first woman to earn a seat on the U.S. House Committee on For...

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–...

White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

Netboy, Anthony

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Writer and teacher Anthony Netboy (1906-1993) was born into a Jewish family in Ciechanow, Poland, and emigrated to the United States with his family. He grew up in Chicago and attended Columbia University (1927) and Harvard (1930). After various writing jobs he became a professor of English at Portland State University in 1957. Much of his writing focused on fisheries and conservation. His second wife was Elizabeth Silsby (d. 1988), daughter of John and Edith Brown Silsby and sister of Katherine...

McCloskey, Iantha

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Mason, Myrtle

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Helm, Edith Benham, 1874-1962

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Social secretary at the White House. From the description of Edith Benham Helm papers, 1915-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83145888 Biographical Note 1874 Born, Staten Island, N.Y. 1915 1919 Social secretary to Edith Bolling Galt Wilson...

Furman, Bess, 1894-1969

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Author and journalist. From the description of Bess Furman papers, 1728-1967 (bulk 1900-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80347788 Biographical Note 1894, Dec. 2 Born, Danbury, Nebr. 1918 Graduated, Nebraska State Teachers College, Kearney, Nebr. ...

Aldrich, Bess Streeter, 1881-1954

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Novelist and short story writer, of Cedar Falls, Iowa and Elmwood, Neb. From the description of Letters : Elmwood, Neb., to Mrs. A.D. ("Nell") Miller, Mitchellville, Iowa, 1915-1919. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233102932 Novelist, short story writer. From the description of Papers of Bess Streeter Aldrich [manuscript], 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647909415 Bess Streeter Aldrich was a writer in the early twe...

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

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Elizabeth Virginia “Bess” Truman was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She served as her husband’s secretary and was known for often voicing her opinions. Whistle-stopping in 1948, President Harry Truman often ended his campaign talk by introducing his wife as “the Boss” and his daughter, Margaret, as “the Boss’s Boss,” and they smiled and waved as the train picked up steam. The sight of that close-knit family gallantly fighting against such lo...

Furman Features

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Democratic National Committee (U.S.). Women's Division

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The Women's Division conducted its affairs independently of the National Committee; the Division was headed by Miss Mary Dewson, 1932-1934, Mrs. James H. Wolfe, 1935-1936, Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, 1937-1940, and Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, 1940-1946. From the description of Papers, 1932-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155522524 ...

Auerbach, Ella F.

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Compiler and donor of collection. From the description of Ella Auerbach papers, 1911-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701718380 ...

Rogers, Mae

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Associated press

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Enochs, Elisabeth Randolph Shirley, 1895-1992

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Elisabeth Randolph Shirley Enochs (15 August 1890–23 January 1992) was born in Indian Territory, which later became part of Oklahoma. She was a teacher and journalist. During War Department during World War I she was as a linguist in the War Department; during World War II, she was a War Department translator. Mrs. Enochs began her government career in 1927 as a writer with the old U.S. Children's Bureau. From 1942 to 1951, she directed its international cooperation division. She then joined wha...

Furman, Lucile N., 1896-1961

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Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970

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Frances Parkinson Wheeler Keyes (1885-1970), born in Virginia, was married to Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938); they had three children. Henry W. Keyes became governor of New Hampshire in 1917 and a United States senator in 1919. The family maintained multiple residences. Frances Parkinson Keyes wrote popular romantic novels emphasizing local color, descriptions of life among the upper classes, and generation-spanning sagas. She wrote over fifty books, alternating between books about Louisiana wit...

National Children's Bureau

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Furman family.

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McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-

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Radio commentator and author. From the description of Mary Margaret McBride papers, 1926-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982067 Mary Margaret McBride (1899-1976) was a journalist and the host of an immensely popular daily radio program from the mid 1930s into the 1950s. From the description of Photographs from the Mary Margaret McBride collection, 1934-1968, and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 488719037 Biograp...

Armstrong, Robert Burns, 1903-1955

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Rogers, Herbert H.

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Thompson, Malvina, 1893-1953

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Herrick, Genevieve Forbes

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Winslow family.

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