Scrapbook, 1876-1902.

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Scrapbook, 1876-1902.

Scrapbook consisting of clippings, correspondence, programs, publications, broadsides, photographs, and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection documents Hildreth's commitment to education and women's sufferage. Includes items relating to the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, the Equal Rights Association, the Association for the Advancement of Women, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Correspondents include Carrie Chapman Catt, Laura Clay, Susan B. Anthony and Helen Keller.

3 folders.

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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...

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Association for the Advancement of Women

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American Equal Rights Association

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Hildreth, Ellen Stephens

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Educator and woman's suffrage advocate. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Ellen Hildreth taught kindergarten in St. Louis and Montgomery, Ala. She was the author of Mud Pies and How to Make Them; or Clay Modeling for the Home, Kindergarten and School. Hildreth was active in various women's rights and suffrage organizations. From the description of Scrapbook, 1876-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122438565 ...

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 ...

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...

Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs

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Clay, Laura, 1849-1941

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Suffragist, social reformer. Laura Clay, daughter of emancipationist Cassius M. Clay and his first wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay, was born at the family estate, White Hall, in 1849. As a result of her parents' divorce and the inequitable property settlement which followed, Miss Clay decided to devote herself to improving "the unworthy position of women." She was a founder of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association and was recognized as a national leader in the women's suff...