Papers, (inclusive), (bulk) 1910-1959 1921-1925

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...

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Hartshorne, Clementina Rhodes, 1871-1970.

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Hartshorne served the Pennsylvania Limited Suffrage League as treasurer (1911-1912) and corresponding secretary (1911-1915), resigning in December 1915 in a disagreement with the governing board of the league. In her later years she was active in the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters . She was married to Edward Yarnall Hartshorne and had two daughters, Emily and Clementina. From the guide to the Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1910-1959, 1921-1925, (Schlesinger Library,...

Anthony, Lucy Elmina, 1861-1944

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Lucy Elmina Anthony (October 24, 1859 – July 4, 1944) was an internationally known leader in the Woman's Suffrage movement. She was the niece of American social reformer and women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony and longtime companion of women's suffrage leader Anna Howard Shaw. Home where Lucy Anthony lived with her companion, Anna Howard Shaw. Lucy Elmina Anthony was born on October 24, 1859, the oldest child of Jacob Merritt Anthony (1834–1900), of Fort Scott, Kansas, and Mary Almina L...

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania

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The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania was established in 1920, a successor organization to the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, with the purpose of providing "education to increase the effectiveness of women voters and to further better government." In biennial conventions the Pennsylvania League established its "Program," the issues selected for study, decision and action. State Programs have been concerned with constitution reform, legislative apportionment, election laws, educati...

George Pepper

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Geary, Alexander Brooke, 1870-1952

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Albert MacDade

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Ellis, William T. (William Thomas), 1845-1925

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Ellis was apparently a resident of Fayette county, Ky. at the time of his death, having emigrated from Virginia. The executors of his estate were his sons, William and John Ellis. The Ellises were represented for at least part of this period by Henry Clay. From the description of William Ellis papers, 1795-1821. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13377207 ...

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Pennsylvania League of Women Voters

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War Welfare Council).

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Gifford Pinchot

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Philadelphia League of Women Voters

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Pennsylvania Limited Suffrage League.

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