Papers of Alice Park, 1798-1953 (bulk 1902-1920).

Ryan, Agnes E., 1878-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j86zz (person)

Ryan was managing editor of the Woman's Journal, 1910-1917, at which time she and her husband, Henry Bailey Stevens, moved to Durham, NH, where she did freelance writing and pursued her interests in peace, non-violence, and vegetarianism. From the description of Papers, 1904-1955 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122583279 Agnes Ryan and her husband, Henry Bailey Stevens, living in Durham, N.H, worked in close collaboration in all fields. Th...

Harper, Ida Husted, 1851-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j85qd (person)

Ida A. Husted Harper, née Ida A. Husted, (born Feb. 18, 1851, Fairfield, Ind., U.S.—died March 14, 1931, Washington, D.C.), journalist and suffragist, remembered for her writings in the popular press for and about women and for her contributions to the documentation of the woman suffrage movement. Ida Husted married Thomas W. Harper, a lawyer, in 1871 and settled in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her husband became a prominent attorney and politician and an associate of socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, a...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zm65v8 (person)

Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Austin, Mary, 1868-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j393cd (person)

Mary Hunter Austin has variously been identified as a feminist, naturalist, mystic, author, and even "woman of genius." She was one of the leading literary figures of her time, the author of 27 books and more than 250 articles, stories, poems and other short pieces. In 1900, Mary Austin settled in Carmel and became one of the founders of the literary colony. In 1918, Austin traveled to New Mexico, hoping to continue on to Mexico to conduct research on folk traditions. In New Mexico she was contr...

Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn46bk (person)

Epithet: political activist, author, and artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0003c7 British suffragist, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. From the description of The Home front Manuscript, 1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006778 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and leading international socialist, was at the forefront of the social struggles at the beginning...

Marion, Kitty, 1871-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z71c36 (person)

Kitty Marion (1871-1944), born Katharina Schafer in Germany, was an actress and activist in the British suffragette and American birth control movements. She died a naturalized U.S. citizen in New York City. From the description of Kitty Marion papers, 1908-1939, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79427327 Suffragist. From the description of Memorial of Kitty Marion, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454124 Kitty Mar...

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zc88pm (person)

Daughter of suffrage leaders Lucy Stone and Henry Browne Blackwell, Alice Stone Blackwell joined her parents in writing and editing the Woman's Journal. For additional biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1885-1950 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008749 Editor, The woman's journal and suffrage news. From the description of Letter, 1920 Apr...

Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6571dkr (person)

Foltz, Clara.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g9dmd (person)

Sargent, Ellen Clark.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp5xvd (person)

Salt, Henry S., 1851-1939

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67p9bmh (person)

Henry Stephens Salt was a British author and humanitarian. Among his publications were writings against slavery, corporal punishment, and vivisection, and in support of socialism, vegetarianism, and the protection of wildflowers. As one of the founders of the Humanitarian League (1891-1919), he edited its publications The Humanitarian (1895-1919) and The Humane review (1900-1910). From the description of Humanitarian League papers, 1897-1923. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries)...

Loebinger, Sofia M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt5kgk (person)

Munds, Frances.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz356q (person)

Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn1c5k (person)

Caroline Maria Seymour Severance, suffragist, reformer, and social activist, was born in Canadaigua, New York, in January 1820. In 1840 she married Theodoric Severance. The Severances first lived in Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Boston in 1855. In 1868, Caroline Severance founded the New England Women's Club, the first women's club in the United States earning her the name "Mother of Clubs." The Severances moved to Los Angeles in 1875 where she continued her various reform work including Unitari...

Baker, Frederick, fl. 1928-1937.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x151hk (person)

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hr4p19 (person)

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...

Watson, Elizabeth Lowe.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f4msf (person)

Keith, Mary McHenry, 1855-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq1j6q (person)

Leader in women's suffrage movement, from Berkeley, Calif. Member of the Berkeley Women's Club and a trustee of the Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education. From the description of Mary McHenry Keith letters and miscellany, 1912-1927. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122498996 Resident of Berkeley, Calif., and leader in women's suffrage movement; married William Keith. From the description of Papers, 1906-1927. (California Hist...

Park, Alice, 1861-1961

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m92ffg (person)

Alice Locke Park, feminist, reformer, and pacifist, was born in Boston in 1861 but lived most of her life in California. She was active in both national and international organizations for the improvement of prison conditions, labor laws, humane education, wild life conservation, and the preservation of natural resources. Her primary interest, however, was in women's rights, and she was assistant director of the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California. From the description ...

Burbank , Luther, 1849-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qw49h8 (person)

Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. From the description of Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981669 Luther Burbank began his work in horticulture in his birthplace, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he raised seeds and vegetables for market. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875 in order to pursue his work in a warmer climate. Burbank became world famous for his timesaving methods of plant breeding and grafting, esp...