Noted women collection, 1887-1939.

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

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Aice Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. She was married to US Representative Nicholas Longworth III; her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah. She published her memoir, Crowded Hours, in 1933....

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

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...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

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...

Manning, Helen Taft, 1891-1987

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Helen Taft Manning : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343108 Professor of history and dean of Bryn Mawr College. Born Helen Herron Taft, daughter of President William Howard Taft; married Frederick Johnson Manning in 1920. From the description of Papers of Helen Taft Manning, 1908-1956 (bulk 1917-1929). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81788072 ...

Watson, Elizabeth Lowe, 1843-

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California resident active in women's suffrage movement and related causes. From the description of Elizabeth Lowe Watson papers, 1899-1921 (1912-1921). (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122544488 Resident of California, active in women's suffrage movement and related causes. From the description of Papers, 1899-1921 ; (bulk 1912-1921). (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28420388 ...

Key, Ellen, 1849-1926

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Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1854-1941

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Coulter, Edith M. (Edith Margaret), 1880-1963

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Edith M. Coulter graduated from Stanford University in 1905, attended the New York State Library School in 1906, and worked as a reference librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, then was assistant and later, associate professor in the School of Librarianship. From the description of Edith M. Coulter papers, [ca. 1927-1955]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 34883858 ...

Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...