Political Equality Club records, 1883-1921.

Minneapolis public library

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The Minneapolis History Collection was originally a division of Special Collections of the Minneapolis Public Library. This collection was later absorbed by the Minneapolis Public Library Special Collections Department. From the description of Minneapolis History Collection photographs undated. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 302319574 From the guide to the Minneapolis History Collection photographs, undated, (University of Minnesota Libraries. No...

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...

Snyder, Fred Beal, 1859-1951.

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Fred Beal Snyder was a lawyer, and city councilman for Minneapolis, a Minnesota State representative and senator, and a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. From the description of Fred Beal Snyder papers, 1912-1950. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291663 Fred Beal Snyder was born on Feb. 21, 1859 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Snyder enrolled in the University of Minnesota preparatory school (forerunner of the Univer...

Avery, Rachel Foster, 1858-1919

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Sommers, Charles L. (Charles Leissring), 1870-1964

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Charles L. Sommers was a charter member of Beta Theta Pi, a member of the University of Minnesota Class of 1890, and a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, 1910-1923. From the description of Papers, 1886-1958. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291904 ...

Stockwell, Maud Conkey, d. 1958.

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Dorsett, Martha A., d. 1918.

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University of Minnesota. Division of Home Economics

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

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Formed in 1890 by the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. From the description of National American Woman Suffrage Association records, 1839-1961 bulk (1890-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979907 The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was formed in 1890 with the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA fought for complete political ...

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Minnesota

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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Minnesota (WCTU) was organized September 6, 1877 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. Its purpose was "To unite the Christian women of Minnesota for the education of public sentiment to the standard of total abstinence from the use of alcoholic liquors; to train the young in habits of sobriety and total abstinence; to promote good citizenship, purity, peace, and the general welfare." Among its many projects the WCTU secured...

Political Equality Club of Minneapolis.

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The organization began around 1868 as the Woman Suffrage Club of Minneapolis and became the Political Equality Club of Minneapolis in 1897. A fire that year destroyed the club's records, so little is known of its early history. Monthly meetings, September through June, were held first in members' homes and later in established headquarters, including the offices of doctors Cora Smith Eaton and Margaret Koch, and of Ethel Edgerton Hurd and Anna Hurd. In 1897-1898 the club...

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...

Minneapolis Woman's School and Library Organization.

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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....

Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909

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Vincent, George E. (George Edgar), 1864-1941

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George E. Vincent was born in Rockford, Illinois. He was associated with the Chautauqua system from 1886 to 1915, and became honorary president of Chautauqua from 1915 to 1937. In addition, he taught at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1911, and served as Dean of the University of Chicago Faculties of Art, Literature and Science from 1907 to 1911. He was president of the University of Minnesota from 1911 to 1917, leaving to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1917 until 192...

Hurd, Ethel Edgerton, 1845-1929.

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Northrup, Cyrus, 1834-1922.

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