Papers, 1934-1992
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Massachusetts. Reformatory for Women (1911-1952)
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The Reformatory Prison for Women was opened in Sherborn in 1877. It was renamed Reformatory for Women by St 1911, c 181 and because of a redrawn boundary line its fuller designation was changed from Reformatory for Women at Sherborn to Reformatory for Women at Framingham by St 1932, c 180, s 24. Under St 1955, c 770 it received its current name, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham. From the description of Photographs of recreational events, 1911-1950 (bulk 1917-1924)....
Row, Amy P., 1884-1977
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Amy P. Row was born in Cornwall, England, on March 7, 1884. She had one brother and one sister; her father founded the Home for Indian Seamen in London. APR was educated at Bella Vista College, and around 1909 left a position at the East London Children's Hospital to travel for five years through Norway, Belgium, South Africa, Australia, Tasmania, Canada, and New Zealand. She spent two years in New Zealand as a missionary with Rev. Fred H. Spencer of the British and Foreign Bible S...
Van Waters, Miriam, 1887-1974
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Miriam Van Waters, penologist, was born October 4, 1887, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, the eldest living child (an older daughter died before Miriam was born) of George Browne (1865-1934) and Maude Vosburg (1866-1948) Van Waters. She had two sisters and two brothers: Ruth Van Waters Burton (1893-1967); Rebecca Van Waters Bartholomew (1898-1974?); George, Jr. (1899-19??); and Ralph (1906-). She graduated in 1904 from St. Helen's Hall in Portland, Oregon, and then attended the Univers...
Lester, Muriel, 1883-1968
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Epithet: Miss of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x000376 b. Leytonstone, Essex, England in December 1883; a founder of Kingsley Hall, a settlement house in London, in 1914; socialist, pacifist, and early supporter of Mohandas K. Gandhi; became traveling secretary for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1934; pacifist and socialist; d. in 1968....
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of India's independence from British colonial rule to world attention. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, influenced both nationalist and international movements for peaceful change. Gandhi's principle of satyagraha (from Sanskrit satya: truth, and graha: grasp/hold), often translated as "way of truth" or "pursui...
