Smith, H.W. mss., 1817-1987

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Smith, H.W. mss., 1817-1987

Consists primarily of letters of Hannah Whitall Smith, her two daughters Mary Berenson and Alys Whitall Pearsall Russell, and Mary's two daughters Ray Strachey and Karin Stephen.

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Smith, Hannah Whitall, 1832-1911

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Religious leader and author. Hannah Whitall Smith preached and wrote on religious subjects and became involved in the temperance and suffrage movements. When her daughter Mary married English barrister Frank Costelloe in 1888, Hannah, her husband Robert and their children, Alys and Logan, joined Mary in England. Alys married philosopher Bertrand Russell and worked for women's rights as well as other political issues. When Mary's marriage failed soon after the birth of th...