Papers, 1888-1929 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1888-1929 (inclusive).

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Manuscripts and typescripts of speeches intended to rally support for such WCTU causes as Prohibition, abstinence from tobacco and narcotics, purity of sexual conduct among both men and women, and, in later years, woman's suffrage. Dunham also argued for legal reforms that would give married women a larger share of property and child custody rights, recognize women's unpaid domestic labor, and emancipate blacks. After the outbreak of World War I, she spoke in favor of United States involvement and supported national preparedness drives. A poem by Clara Barton is also included.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Hunt, Mary H. (Mary Hannah), 1830-1906

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