Inventory to the Records of the Women's Project of New Jersey 1984-2004

Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born February 20, 1805, Charleston, South Carolina – died October 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Massachusetts), American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina...

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001

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Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh was born in Englewood, New Jersey on 22 June 1906, the daughter of ambassador and politician Dwight Morrow and author and Smith College president Elizabeth Cutter Morrow. From 1924-1928 Anne studied literature at Smith College, where she graduated in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in English. In May 1929, after a brief courting period, Anne married Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974). Anne had met Lindbergh in Mexico in 1927, while her father was serving as ambas...

Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926

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Annie Oakley (b. Phoebe Ann Mosey, Aug. 13, 1860, Darke County, OH–d. Nov. 3, 1926, Greenville, OH) was a sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. She began shooting as a child to support her siblings and widowed mother. Like around 1875, Oakley won a shooting match against marksman Frank Butler; the two married in 1876. Butler and Oakley joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1885 and toured the United States. She also performed for Queen Victoria, King Umberto I of Italy, President Marie Françoi...

Garrison, Lucy McKim, 1842-1877

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...

Thompson, Geraldine Morgan, 1872-1967

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Geraldine Livingston Morgan Thompson (1872–1967) was an American social reform pioneer who became known as the "First Lady of New Jersey" due to her philanthropic and social service activities in New Jersey. Thompson owned Brookdale Farm, an 800-acre estate in Lincroft. In her will, Thompson left 206 acres of the estate to Monmouth County for a public park named for the Thompsons. Thompson Park includes the administrative headquarters of the Monmouth County Park System. Thompson was born in 1...

Dwyer, Florence Price, 1902-1976

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Florence Price Dwyer (July 4, 1902 – February 29, 1976) was an American politician who represented much of Essex County, New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1973. From 1967 to 1973, she also represented parts of Union County, New Jersey. A Republican, she was the second woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey. Dwyer was an advocate for women's rights throughout her political career. Born Florence Louise Price in Readi...

Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921

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Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford (May 6, 1829 — June 2, 1921) was a Christian Universalist minister and biographer who was active in championing universal suffrage and women's rights. She was the first woman ordained as a Universalist minister in New England and the first woman to serve as chaplain to the Connecticut state legislature. Phebe Hanaford was born on May 6, 1829, in Siasconset on Nantucket Island to Phebe Ann (Barnard) Coffin (who died a month later) and George W. Coffin, a shipowner and...

Norton, Mary Teresa, 1875-1959

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Mary Teresa Norton (née Hopkins, March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented Jersey City and Bayonne in the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1951. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she attended parochial schools and Jersey City High School before graduating from Packard Business College, New York City in 1896. She worked as a secretary and stenographer until she married Robert Francis Norton in April 1909. As part of the healin...

Cowl, Jane, 1884-1950

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Jane Cowl, actor and author, was born Grace Bailey in Boston on December 14, 1884. She began her career as an actor with David Belasco debuting in the Belasco Theatre on December 10, 1903 as an extra in SWEET KITTY BELAIRS, and quickly rose to starring roles with his company. In 1912, she scored a major success as Mary Turner in WITHIN THE LAW. She also appeared in the silent movie THE SPREADING DAWN in 1917. Jane Cowl later collaborated with Jane Murfin (Crisp) to ...

Maass, Clara Louise, 1876-1901

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Clara Louise Maass was born on June 28, 1876 in East Orange, New Jersey, the oldest of nine children. She entered the Christina Trefz Training School for Nurses at Newark German Hospital and completed the two year program in 1895 at age nineteen. After working as a private duty nurse and then a head nurse at that hospital, she volunteered as a contract nurse for the Army during the Spanish American War. She served in Jacksonville, Florida, Savannah, Georgia and Santiago, Cuba. Like many other...

Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893

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Lucy Stone (b. Aug. 13, 1818, West Brookfield, MA–d. Oct. 18, 1893, Boston, MA) was born to parents Hannah Matthews and Francis Stone. At age 16, Stone began teaching in district schools always earning far less money than men. In 1847, she became the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree from Oberlin College. After college, Stone began her career with the Garrisonian Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and began giving public speeches on women's rights. In the fall of 1847, with...

Neel, Alice, 1900-1984

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Alice Neel (1900-1984) was a painter in New York, NY. She was known for her portraits of New York artists and intellectuals. Neel studied painting at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now the Moore College of Art and Design) from 1921-1925. She married Cuban artist Carlos Enríquez, and they briefly lived in Havana, Cuba. After the break-up of their marriage, she settled in New York City. During the 1930s she worked for the Public Works of Art Project and the Works Progress Administrat...

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

Green, Hetty Howland Robinson, 1835-1916

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Hetty Green (born Henrietta Howland Robinson, November 21, 1834, New Bedford, Massachusetts - July 3, 1916, New York, New York) was nicknamed the Witch of Wall Street. As an an American businesswoman and financier, Green was known for her wealth and as a miser. She was born to a very wealthy family who owned a large whaling fleet. When her father and aunt both died in 1865 she inherited approximately $8 million. In 1867 she married Edward Henry Green, a member of a wealthy Vermont family. She ma...

Alexander, Sarah, 1971-

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Fenwick, Millicent, 1910-1992

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Millicent Vernon Hammond Fenwick (February 25, 1910 – September 16, 1992) was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm. She was regarded as a moderate and progressive within her party and was outspoken in favor of civil rights and the women's movement. Born Millicent Vernon Hammond, she was raised in ...

Bechtel, Alice Kellam, b. ca. 1866

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Condict, Jemima, 1754-1779

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Jemima was born on August 24, 1754 and lived in the town of Pleasantdale, a section of West Orange. In 1779, at the age of twenty-fice she married her first cousin Aaron Harrison, who would later become mayor. Both were grandchildren of Samuel Harrison, one of the first settlers in that area. Jemima Condict Harrison died on November 14, 1779 after bearing one child, Ira, who died before his twelfth birthday. From the description of Jemima Condict diary, 1772-1779. (New Jersey Histori...

Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910

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American novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Philadelphia, to Harper & Brothers, 1878 Mar. 20 and [no year] Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532807 American author. From the description of Papers of Rebecca Harding Davis, 1872-1883. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136436 Rebecca Harding Davis was a novelist. Her husband was Lucius Clarke Davis, who worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer and was late...

Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Helen Tracy), 1876-1963

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Potter, Ellen Culver, 1871-1958

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Edwards-Madison, Lena Frances

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Medical doctor, activist; interviewee b. 1900. From the description of Reminiscences of Lena Frances Edwards-Madison : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309730315 African American obstetrician-gynecologist; b. 1900; d. 1986. From the description of Papers, 1905-1985; (bulk 1960-1985). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941124 ...

Wright, Patience Lovell

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Flagg, Alma E.

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Caldwell, Hanna Ogden, d. 1780

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Allen, Elizabeth Almira, 1854-1919

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Jones, J. Ogwen (John Ogwen), 1829-1884

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Dickinson, M. Frances, 1886-1984

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Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), -1968

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Pacifist; Suffragist; Civic leader; International relations specialist. Vera Beggs (?-1968) worked closely with Carrie Chapman Catt from 1933 to 1938 as chairman of the Marathon Round Tables, a study and discussion project concerned with U.S. foreign policy carried on through the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (NCCCW). Beggs chaired the NCCCW in the early 1940s and continued to be involved with its successor, the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace. She served as chairman...

Johnson, Cordelia Thomas Greene, 1887-1957

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Levine, Sophie Kresch, 1905-1988

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Woodruff, Marietta Huntoon Crane, 1837-1912

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Macculloch, Louisa Martha Edwina Sanderson, 1785-1863

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Macfadden, Mary Williamson, 1892-1969

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Bancroft, Margaret, 1854-1912

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Tillotson, Mary E., b. 1819

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Cushing, Juliet Clannon, 1845-1934

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Lowry, Edith Elizabeth, 1897-1970

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Boudinot, Rachel Bradford, 1764-1805

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Zwemer, Susanna Weare Peirce

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Paul, Mary Stiles, b. 1830

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Turnbull, Agnes Sligh, 1888-1982

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American author (chiefly short stories and novels) and teacher; d. 1982. From the description of Agnes Sligh Turnbull collection, 1922-1977. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969788 ...

Schaub, Katherine, 1902-1933

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Hubbs, Rebecca, 1772-1852

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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930

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American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Randolph, Mass., to Messrs. Harper & Brothers, 1893 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752077 From the description of A humble romance : Autograph manuscript signed : Brattleboro, Vt., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752081 From the description of Autograph card signed and typed letters signed (11) : Metuchen, N.J., to Messrs. Wells and Briggs at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Aug....

Lee, Jarena, b. 1783

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Knox, Rose Markward, 1857-1950

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Rosenthal, Ida Cohen, 1886-1973

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Burr, Esther Edwards

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Wolfe, Deborah Cannon Partridge, 1916-

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Educator, theologian. From the description of Reminiscences of Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131426 ...

Douglass, Mabel Smith, 1877-1933

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Founder and first dean, New Jersey College for Women, later Douglass College, Rutgers University. From the description of Papers, 1877-1963. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 28416436 ...

Hutchings, Mary Catherine, 1843-1913

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Downs, Sarah Jane Corson, 1822-1891

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Ramsey, Alice

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Alice Huyler Ramsey, 1886-1983, first woman to drive an automobile from New York to San Francisco. From the description of Scrapbooks of Alice H. Ramsey, 1909-1961. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52907585 ...

Gamble, Kathryn, 1915-

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Pitcher, Molly, 1754-1832

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Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70952338 ...

Yardley, Margaret Tufts, -1928

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Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974

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Virginia Apgar was born in Westfield, New Jersey on June 7, 1909 to Charles E. Apgar, a businessman and insurance executive, and Helen May Clarke Apgar. After graduating from high school in Westfield she entered Mount Holyoke College in 1925. She majored in zoology, wrote articles for the student newspaper, participated in campus athletics and dramatics, and played violin in the College orchestra. After receiving a B.A. in 1929 she became one of the first women to study at the Columbia Universit...

Revey, Restelle Elizabeth Richardson, 1866-1939

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Kite, Elizabeth Sarah, 1864-1954

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Educator, historian, and archivist. From the description of Papers, 1840-1962. (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 28414859 Historian. From the description of Papers of Elizabeth Sarah Kite, circa 1768-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131951 ...

Eagleton, Florence Peshine, 1870-1953

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Woody, Regina Jones

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Westcott, Cynthia, 1898-

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Cynthia Westcott received her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University in 1932. She lectured for the Garden Clubs of America and other organizations, and she wrote books and newspaper columns, including the 1937 book THE PLANT DOCTOR; THE GARDENERS BUG BOOK; AND PLANT DISEASE HANDBOOK. From the description of Cynthia Westcott papers, 1922-1983. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64652315 ...

Augusto, Mary Crapelli, 1901-1982

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Morton, Nelle, 1905-1987

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Bodly, Elizabeth Ray Clark, 1737-1815

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Osborn, Mary Darby, 1756-1848

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Lakey, Alice, 1857-1935

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Evans, Madge, 1909-

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Steele, Mary Mercer, 1849-1936

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Montgomery, Charlotte Nichols, 1904-1994

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Charlotte Nichols Montgomery, journalist, columnist and consumer advocate, was born on March 31,1904, in Brooklyn, N.Y. to attorney Roswell Shepherd Nichols and Margaret Pellet Nichols. Raised in Westfield N.J., she graduated from the Hartridge School in nearby Plainfield in 1923 and matriculated to Vassar College where she concentrated on English, history and economics. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Montgomery received an A.B. in economics in 1927. Upon return from a student conference in Geneva a...

Witkin, Evelyn Maisel, 1921-

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Douglas, Amanda M., 1831-1916

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Author of books for children and young people, of Newark, N.J.; member, Ray Palmer Club (Newark, N.J.), a women's club with literary and educational interests, and the New Jersey Woman's Press Club. From the description of Papers, 1866-1916. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954611 ...

Norman, Mabel, 1892-1930

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Starkey, Florence Tenney, 1901-

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Brackett, Elizabeth Rock, 1892-1974

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DeVries, Lini, 1905-1982

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Ford, Theodosia Johnes, 1741-1824

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Lefort, Marie Louise, 1874-1951

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Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921

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Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell (May 20, 1825 – November 5, 1921), was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States. She was a well-versed public speaker on the paramount issues of her time and distinguished herself from her contemporaries with her use of religious faith in her efforts to expand women's rights. Brown was born the youngest of seven in Henrietta, New York, to Joseph Brown and Abby Morse. Brown was recognized as...

Ogden, Maria, 1792-1874

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Blake, Maria De Castro, 1911-

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Brown, Margaret Christina, 1891-1990

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Driggs, Elsie, 1898-1992

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Elsie Driggs, b. 1898; d. 1992, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Elsie Driggs, 1985 Oct. 30-Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398608 Painter; New York, N.Y. Died 1992. From the description of Elsie Driggs interview, 1985 Oct. 30-Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220197765 Painter, curator, art critic; New York, N.Y. Died 1992. Married to painter Lee Gatch; also known by ma...

Elstner, Anne, 1899-1981

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Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012

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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Celeste Holm : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565549 ...

Elmer, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth "Betty" Elmer was born in Black Rock, Arkansas, in 1911. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 1932 from Syracuse University. During World War II she worked at a military hospital in Guam as a member of the Red Cross, a role which drew the praise of colleagues and deepened her interest in humanitarian concerns. Following the war, Elmer enrolled in the Smith College School of Social Work, where she received a Master's Degree in Psychiatric Social Work in 1948. She initially worked...

Estaugh, Elizabeth Haddon, 1680-1762

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Quaker; landowner, of Newton Township, N.J. From the description of Will, 1760 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974780 ...

Egg, Eleanor, 1909-

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Branthwaite, Louise Delling, 1898-1991

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Hymer, Esther, 1898-2001

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Ware, Harriet, ca. 1873-1962

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Connolly, Ann Hora, 1824-1880

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Crook, Elizabeth, b. ca. 1718

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Lindner, Anna, 1845-1922

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Forest, Sarah Clark Graham, d. ca. 1793

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Dorety, Helen Angela, Sister, 1870-

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Burgio, Jane Grey, 1922-

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Willoughby, Frances Lois, 1905-1984

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Frances Willoughby was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on July 1, 1905 to Frank and Annie Smith Willoughby. The family moved to Pitman, New Jersey, and Frances was educated at Woodbury High School before entering Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1923. Her elder brother Edwin graduated a year earlier as a member of the Class of 1922. While at the College, the younger Willoughby was active in Wilohea, the McIntire Literary Society, and the French Club; she also participated in baske...

Costa, Marianna Fidone, 1915-

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Stockton, Betsey, 1798?-1865

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St.Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

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Ruth St. Denis was an American dancer and dance teacher. From the description of Postcard, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007242 Dancer and faculty member. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1926-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538190 Ruth St. Denis was one of the pioneers of modern dance. She first gained attention dancing with David Belasco's company, an experience which exposed her to European and Asian tradition...

Klein, Ann Rosenweig, 1923-1986

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deAngeli, Marguerite Lofft, 1889-1987

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Hickman, Emily

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Beach, Sylvia.

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Schectman, Vera, 1890-1971

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Douglass, Minnie Radcliffe, 1877-1955

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Crane, Elizabeth, 1775-1828

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Resident of Springfield Avenue, near New Providence, Union County, New Jersey; married John Crane (1764-1843), a farmer. Maiden name: Elizabeth Mulford. From the description of Diary, 1824-1828 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510459 ...

Jeritza, Maria

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Czech soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 21 September 1921, to Erika Heller, 1921 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578633 Czech singer. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1926 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868119 ...

Lippincott, Miriam

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Resident of Camden, N.J. From the description of Camden city and county history, 1943 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974354 ...

Strickland, Sarah, 1812-1872

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Randolph, Florence Spearing, 1866-1951

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Parker, Nellie Katherine Morrow, 1902-

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Padgham, Estella Elizabeth, 1874-1952

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Davis, Mary Fenn, 1824-1886

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Pearce, Louise, b. 1886

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Churchman, Gladys St. John, 1902-1974

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Gaver, Mary Virginia, 1906-1991

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Mary Virginia Gaver worked as a professional librarian in secondary schools, universities and the private sector for four decades, and also served as president of the Association of School Librarians (1959-1960) and president of the American Library Association (1966-1967). From the description of Mary Virginia Gaver papers, 1945-1979. (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 217301850 ...

Wells, Charlotte Fowler, 1814-1901

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Askew, Sarah Byrd, 1877-1924

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Dubois, Silvia, 1788 or 9-1889

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Masters, Sybilla, b. 1720

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Epps, Emma

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Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth had no formal education beyond high school but he rose from bricklayer, to building contractor, to management engineer in a few short years. He and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth collaborated to develop ways to increase output of workers in manufacturing and clerical positions, as pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. They often used their large family as guinea pigs for their experiments, which are lovingly detailed in the 1948 book “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Pur...

Neave, Helen Josephine, 1911-

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Moorfield, Amelia Berndt, 1876-

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Suffragist, of Newark, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1913-1923. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954831 ...

Wood, Edith Elmer, 1871-1945

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Active in public housing in the United States. From the description of Edith Elmer Wood papers, circa 1900-1943. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505720066 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Edith Elmer Wood, born in Portmouth, New Hampshire, on September 24, 1871, was the daughter of U.S. Navy Commander Horace and Adele (Wiley) Elmer. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 1890 and was awarded the M.A. degree and the Ph.D. fro...

Kelsey, Jennie, b. ca. 1893

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Coleman, Emma, 1864-1935

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Pettersen, Eleanore, 1916-2003

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Eleanore K. Pettersen entered Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City in 1937 intent on studying painting; but, her first drafting course changed her focus and she emerged in 1941 with a Certificate in Architecture. Following Cooper Union she apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin from 1941 to 1943. After leaving the communal environment of Taliesin, where Pettersen comments that she “was never without a bandage the whole time,” she worked on variou...

Carty, May Margaret, 1882-1958

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Marchione, Margherita Frances, 1922-

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Nakamura, Ellen Noguchi, 1919-2000

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Magee, Abbie Eliza, 1847-1909

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Unmarried daughter of Capt. James J.R. Magee (of Marlboro Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey); resided with her niece, Mrs. J. Van Elwaine (Mary Kate Kipp) on a farm near Tennent, Manalapan Township, Monmouth County. From the description of Diary, 1905 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122477792 ...

Stout, Penelope, 1622 or 3-1732 or 3

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Wall, Florence E., 1893-

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Read, Jessie D., 1903-1978

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Wells, Carolyn, -1942

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American writer. From the description of The Poster Girl : [n.p.] : autograph poem signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589858 Author of poetry, novels, children's books and mysteries; poetry collector whose books were bequeathed to the Library of Congress; married to Houghton Mifflin heir Hadwin Houghton. From the description of Carolyn Wells Houghton letter to Lola L. Kovener [manuscript], 1938 August 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id...

Dulfer, Elizabeth Sutliff, 1790-1880

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Smith, Cora Peterson, 1884-1986

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Miller, Alice Duer, 1874-1942

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Alice (Maude) Duer Miller served as a Trustee of Barnard from 1922-1942, collaborating with Susan Myers-on " Barnard College; the First Fifty Years" published in 1939. She graduated from Barnard in 1899 and did graduate work in Mathematics at Columbia. Miller was an author, writing short stories, novels, screenplays and poetry. She acted in the film, "Soak the Rich." Miller was member of the Algonquin Roundtable a charter member of Alexander Woollcott's literary colony on Neshobe Island, Lake Bo...

Snethen, Maria

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Kassell, Paula, 1917-

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Franklin, Elizabeth Downes, 1728-1777

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Bennett, Mary Katharine Jones, 1864-1950

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Cascone, Jeannette Lake, 1918-1998

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Kempson, Julia Hart Beers, 1834-1913

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Shea, Marion

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Ga´g, Wanda, 1893-1946

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Hyde de Neuville, Anne-Marguerite-Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, baronne, 1749?-1849

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Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer

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Williams, Madeline Worthy, 1894-1968

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Feickert, Lillian Ford, 1877-1945

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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, New York in 1815. She organized the first Women's Rights Convention at Senecca Falls, New York, in 1848 and for more than fifty years thereafter was a crusader for women's rights, especially women's suffrage. She died in New York City in 1902....

Silver, Frank, 1896-1960

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Singer, Ava Hamilton

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Hicks, Beatrice Alice, 1919-1979

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Delaney, Geraldine Owen, 1907-1998

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Roebling, Mary Gindhart Herbert, 1905-

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Liberti, Minnie, 1898-1984

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Kinnan, Mary Lewis, 1763-1848

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Herberman, Margaret Sullivan, 1878-1963

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Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902

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Lilly Martin Spencer (1824-1902) grew up in Marietta, Ohio. She was a child prodigy in art, and in 1841 she moved to Cincinnati to formally study art. She married Benjamin Spencer Rush, a cloth merchant and tailor, in 1844. In 1848 they moved to New York. Spencer was determined to make a career as a painter, and over time she achieved popular and financial success. Many of her works were reproduced and distributed as inexpensive lithographs and engravings. From the description of Pai...

Piccard, Jeannette, 1895-1981

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Greenbaum, Dorothea S.

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Sculptor; Princeton, N.J. Born 1893 Dorothea Schwarcz. From the description of Dorothea S. Greenbaum scrapbooks, 1923-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515098 ...

Fuld, Caroline Bamberger, d. 1944

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Hutcheson, Martha Brookes Brown, 1871-1959

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Hancock, Joy Bright, 1898-

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Joy Bright Hancock (1898- ), enlisted in the Women's Naval Reserve in 1918 as a Yeoman, rose to the rank of Captain, Director of Women's Reserve by 1946. One of eight women sworn into the regular Navy under the Women's Armed Service Integration Act of 1948, retired in 1953. From the description of Joy Bright Hancock papers, 1918-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476145 Joy Bright Hancock (1898- ), enlisted in the women's naval reserve in 1918 as a yeoman, rose to the ra...

Spring, Rebecca Buffum

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Daughter of Arnold Buffum, Rebecca (1811-1911) married Marcus Spring (1810-1874) in approximately 1840. She a Quaker, he a philanthropic New York businessman, both became intensely involved in liberal political and social affairs and were part of the abolitionist, feminist, and transcendentalist movements. They were long-time friends of Fredrika Bremer, Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Rebecca worked hard but unsuccessfully for abolitionist John Brown's acquittal...

Whitney, Phyllis A., 1903-2008

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Mehegan, Mary Xavier, 1825-1915

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Bradford, Stella Stevens, 1871-1959

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Carroll, Jane Wall

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Kiersted, Sarah Jans, 17th cent.

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Whitall, Ann Cooper, 1716-1797

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Stockton, Annis Boudinot, 1736-1801

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Annis Boudinot married Richard Stockton (1730-1781) in late 1757 or early 1758 and became mistress of the Stockton estate. Together they had six children together: Julia (b.1759), Mary and Susan (b.1761, twins), Richard (b.1764), Lucius Horatio (b.1768), and Abigail (b.1773). Annis remained active throughout her lifetime. Like so many in her family, she supported the rebels and served on a committee of New Jersey women who supported the patriot soldiers. With her husband's death, she became the ...

Williamson, Emily Hornblower, 1869-1909

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Hancock, Cornelia, 1840-1927

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Ryerson, Margery Austen, 1886-1989

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Eustis, Dorothy

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Sydnor, Edythe Lois, 1920-

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Taeuber, Irene B. (Irene Barnes), 1906-1974

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The well-known demographer Irene Taeuber, co-edited the quarterly Population Index beginning in 1936, co-authored major works based on the U.S. census with her husband Conrad Taeuber, and authored the classic The Population of Japan (1958). From the description of Irene Taeuber papers as the secretary-treasurer of the American Sociological Assocation, 1949. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760071187 ...

Groome, Anne Louise Sando McGee, 1923-

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Anderson, Catharine, 1749-1806

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Fauset, Jessie Redmon

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Reeves, Martha Austin, 1760-1832

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Valde´s-Mun~oz, Concepcio´n, 1917-1980

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Dunlap, Elizabeth Davis Brick Worthington, ca. 1705-1761

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Botto, Maria, 1870-1915

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Polk, Olive Mae Bond, 1894-1979

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Wilson, Theresa Louise Martens, 1880-1975

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Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992

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Lyric soprano; b. date varies. From the description of Dorothy Kirsten collection, 1938-1951. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70958584 ...

Kearse, Myra Smith, 1899-1982

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Harris, Mary B. (Mary Bierman), 1943-

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Voorhees, Florence E., b. 1879

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Still, Charity, ca. 1775-1857

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Boudinot, Catharine, 1749-1797

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Takaezu, Toshiko

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Gaston, Mary Exton, 1855-1956

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McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777

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Hartshorn, Cora Louise, 1873-1958

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Creighton, Mary McCulloch French

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Hall, Sarah Clement

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Fenderson, Grace Baxter, 1882-1962

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White, Pearl, 1889-1938

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Finkler, Rita Sapiro, 1888-1968

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Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971

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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was an American photographer, war correspondent, author and photojournalist. Among her many achievements, she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures in the USSR of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent, and the first female photographer for Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. She was the author of more than ten books, including her autobiography Portrait of Myself (1963). She received numerous award...

White, Alma, 1862-

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Keasbey, Elizabeth Miller, 1828-1852

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Vogt, Grace J., 1873-1976

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Akers, Ida May, b. ca. 1863

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Precker, Jennie, 1892-1981

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Foxlee, Ludmila Kuchar, 1885-1971

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Conley, Dorothy Allen, 1904-1989

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Burch, Mary Beasley, 1906-

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Hayes, Lydia Young, 1871-1943

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Appleton, Agnes Morgan Reeves, 1839-1901

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Plume, Annetje Van Wagenen, 1752-1816

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Hoyt, Hannah, 1805-1871

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Brodkin, Eva Topkins, 1899-1994

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Rogers, Audrey

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Wykoff, Annie, ca. 1850-ca. 1920

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Herrick, Christine Terhune, 1859-1944

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Christine Terhune Herrick was a prolific writer of cookbooks and works on home economics. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, and educated by private tutors and, later, studied in Europe. She taught briefly before her marriage, and was encouraged by her mother and husband to write books on domestic matters; her first article was published in the premier issue of Good Housekeeping. A productive and influential writer, she wrote numerous books and articles about household management and promoting ...

Stone, Mildred F.

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Gardiner, Muriel, 1901-1985

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Psychoanalyst and author. From the description of Muriel Gardiner papers, 1890-1986 (bulk 1946-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983164 Psychoanalyst. From the description of Reminiscences of Muriel Gardiner : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632225 Psychoanalyst; d. 1985. From the description of Papers, ca. 1890-1986 (bulk 1946-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415928 ...

Dodge, Geraldine R. (Geraldine Rockefeller), 1882-1973

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White, Katharine Elkus, 1906-1985

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Patt, Ruth Marcus

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Goldman, Hetty, 1881-1972

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Kinney, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Clementine), 1810-1889

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Elizabeth Dodge (1810-1889) was born in New York City to Sarah Cleveland and David Low Dodge, of Cedar Brook, New Jersey. Elizabeth was a writer and poet of some renown, publishing Felicita, a metrical romance; a volume of poems; Bianco Capello, a tragedy in blank verse; and various other magazine publications. Her five-installment article Mrs. Kinney's Italian Reminiscences, published in Neale's Monthly, described her experiences living in Florence, and her friendship there with Elizabeth Barre...

Streeter, Ruth Cheney, 1895-1990

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Ruth Cheney Streeter (October 2, 1895 – September 30, 1990) was the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR). In 1943, she became the first woman to attain the rank of major in the United States Marine Corps when she was commissioned as a major on January 29, 1943. She retired in 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. When Colonel Streeter left the Marine Corps in December, 1945, General A.A. Vandegrift then Commandant of the Marine Corps, wrote her a commendatory lett...

Post, Dorothea Miller, 1878-1947

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Edwards, Emma Ward, 1845-1896

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Women's Project of New Jersey

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Organized in 1984 to gather and publish information about notable New Jersey women; initially known as New Jersey Women Project; incorporated in New Jersey in 1985 as a non-profit organization with name "The Women's Project of New Jersey, Inc.;" received funding from various granting agencies; organized the writing of biographical sketches published as Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women (Scarecrow Press, 1990); curated a traveling exhibit also entitled Past and Promise. From...

Presley, Sophia, 1834-1909

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Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905

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Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940118 American writer. Best known for her story of Hans Brinker. From the description of Letters, [1861?]-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464651 American author and editor. From the description of Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136440 Mary ...

Doremus, Nell, 1891-1964

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Nagao, Mary Yamashita, 1920-1985

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Van Ness, Jennie C., b. ca. 1890-

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Ward, Gertrude Potter, 1875-1956

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Van Ness, Marjorie Schuyler, 1914-1990

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Balding, Ann

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Wells, Viola Gertrude, 1902-1984

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Saltzman, Winifred Rose Loeb, 1912-

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Varnay, Astrid

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Freeman, Grace Margaret, 1897-1967

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Goodwin, Abigail

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Resident of Pleasant Hill, New Jersey. From the description of Copybooks, [ca. 1800]-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975089 ...

Paul, Alice, 1885-1977

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Quaker, lawyer, and lifelong activist for women's rights, Alice Paul was educated at Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania, where her doctoral dissertation was on the legal status of women in Pennsylvania. She later earned law degrees from Washington College of Law and American University. Paul also studied economics and sociology at the universities of London and Birmingham and worked at a number of British social settlements (1907-1910). While in England she wa...

Harvey, Ethel Browne, 1885-1965

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Eager, Mary Ann, -1984

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Munro, Jeannette, 1894-

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Cooper, Elizabeth, 1920-1995

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Bell, Enid, 1904-

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Hutchins, Carleen Maley

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Lamb, Ella Condie, 1862-1936

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Wick, Temperance, fl. 1780

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Nickerson, Ruth, 1905-

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Cooper, Hannah Dent, b. 1754

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Lee, Helen Jackson

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Bayles, Sarah Staats, 1787-1870

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Alexander, Mary Spratt Provoost, 1693-1760

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Atchison, Anna Mahala Field, 1904-1985

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Philbrook, Mary

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Mary Philbrook (1872-1958), a prominent Newark, N.J. (Essex County) lawyer, women's rights activist and social reformer. Philbrook, the first woman admitted to the bar in N.J. in 1895, acted as counsel for the legal aid society of Whittier House Social Settlement, where her work led to the formation of the New Jersey Legal Aid Association. In 1906, she became the first N.J. woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Philbrook lobbied for penal reforms for women and children, worke...

Hopkins, Alison Low Turnbull, 1880-1951

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Alison Low Turnbull Hopkins (b. May 20, 1880, Morristown, NJ– d. March 18, 1951, Manhattan, NY) was a suffrage advocate. She sat on the executive board of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and was New Jersey state chair for the National Woman's Party. She was also a member of Heterodoxy, a women's debating club. Hopkins was part of the "Silent Sentinels" who protested at the White House. In July 1917 she was arrested and sentenced to jail at Occoquan Workhouse but later pardoned by Pre...

Wells, Rachel Lovell, ca. 1735-ca. 1796

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Bonaparte, Charlotte, princess, 1802-1839

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Winser, Beatrice, 1869-1947

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Wittpenn, Caroline Stevens, 1859-1932

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White, Elizabeth, 1871-1954

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Haines, Florence, 1869-1955

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Harland, Marion, 1830-1922

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Marion Harland was the pen name of writer Mary Virgina Howes Terhune (Mrs. Edward Payson Terhune). From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1882. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885874 American author and editor. From the description of Papers of Marion Harland [manuscript], 1889-1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817267 Marion Harland, pseudonym for Mary Virginia Terhune, was an important and po...

Greenough, Emilie Koehler, 1863-1955

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Fallon, Irene T.

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McCarroll, Ernest Mae, ca. 1898-1990

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Slaughter, Lenora Susan, 1906-2000

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Gordon, Ruth E. (Ruth Evelyn), 1910-

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Representative of Leland Hayward, Inc. From the description of Letters : New York, to Laurence Housman, Street, Somerset, 1947 Apr. 29, June 26, and July 28. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25310951 ...

Taylor, Clara Mae, 1898-

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Brown, Charlotte Emerson, 1838-1895

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Bailey, Catherine Hayes, 1921-

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Cross, Dorothy, 1906-1972

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Henle, Carye-Belle, 1898-1977

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Smith, Erminnie A., 1836-1886

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Erminnie A. Smith, née Erminnie Adele Platt (April 26, 1836– June 9, 1886) was a geologist and an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. She has been called the "first woman field enthnographer" and she was elected the first female member of the New York Academy of Sciences on November 5, 1877. Erminnie Smith published works on the Iroquois people, she was active in collecting their legends and employed John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt to assist in this work...

Fowler, Susan Pecker, 1823-1911

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Hobart, Jennie

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Morris, Margaret Hill, 1737?-1816

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Woodruff, Constance Oneida Williams, 1921-1996

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Hiawatha, Margaret Creswell, 1899-1978

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Treat, Mary, b. 1835

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Katzenbach, Marie Louise Hilson, 1882-1970

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Bradford, Cornelia, 1847-1935

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Washington, Sara Spencer, 1889-1953

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Manners, Lucille

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Boehm, Helen F.

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Hughes, Mildred Barry, 1902-1995

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De Leeuw, Ade`le, 1899-

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McMillon, Vera Brantley, 1909-1987

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Dergan, Bridget, 1843-1867

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Wright, Marion Manola Thompson, 1904-1962

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Willard, Mary Hatch

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McDowell, Rachel K. (Rachel Kollock), 1880-1949

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Studley, Miriam Van Arsdale, 1899-1984

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Scudder, Antoinette Quinby, 1888-1958

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Hawes, Elizabeth, 1903-1971

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Fashion designer and author. From the description of Scrapbook Collection. (Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives). WorldCat record id: 78298252 ...

Thompson, Mary Wolke, 1886-1970

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Guy, Alice, 1873-1968

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Pattison, Mary, 1869-1951

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Steinberg, Fannie

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Eldridge, Dorothy

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Bryson, Bernarda

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Gonzalez, Alberta, 1914-1996

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Tyson, Frances Bartlett, 1874-1971

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Moran, Mary Nimmo, 1842-1899

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Cusack, Mary Francis, 1829-1899

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Ryan, Anne, 1889-1954

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Painter, printmaker, collagist, graphic artist, author; Majorca, Spain and New York, N.Y. From the description of Anne Ryan papers, 1922-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821019 From the description of Anne Ryan papers, 1922-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83548303 ...

Sayles, Mary Buell, 1878-

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Moore, Elisabeth Bessie Holmes, 1876-1959

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Warne, Margaret Vliet, 1751-1840

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Jay, Sarah Van Brugh Livingston, 1756-1802

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Carteret, Elizabeth, 1615-1696

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Zuck, Florence Lydia McEnally, 1912-2004

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Waters, Susan C. (Susan Catherine), 1823-1900

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Horton, Eunice Foster, 1722-1778

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Paterson, Cornelia Bell, 1755-1783

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Norris, Sarah Kay, d. 1757

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Olden, Marian S. (Marian Stephenson), 1888-

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Marvin, Dorothy Hope, 1904-1986

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Martindell, Anne Clark, 1914-2008

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Anne Martindell was one of the first three women to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. After her four-year term ended in 1977, she served as director of the Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance, and was U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Western Samoa for a two-year term. From the description of Anne Martindell papers, 1898-2002 (bulk 1968-1990). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122391613 ...

Ball, Caroline Peddle, 1869-1938

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Thayer, a painter, hired Mrs. Ball to construct manikins for his figure studies in his 1893 painting, The Virgin. From the description of Abbott Handerson Thayer letter and drawings to Caroline Peddle Ball, [ca. 1890-1893]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82780158 ...