Women at St. Lawrence University collection, 1911-1981.

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Women at St. Lawrence University collection, 1911-1981.

Clippings concerning women graduates of St. Lawrence University (SLU) and women's place in history, 1970's-1980's; letters and notes, some from women graduates, concerning women's experiences at SLU, 1931-1979, including a letter from a graduate relating her battle with agoraphobia and asking assistance from a professor, 1912; and materials concerning prominent women graduates including Olympia Brown, Isabel Church, Helen P. McCormick, Annette Jane Shaw, Emma Powell Sherman, Reba Swain, Marion Young Taylor, and Mary Traffarn Whitney.

1 cubic ft.

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Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926

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Olympia Brown (January 5, 1835 – October 23, 1926) was an American minister and suffragist. She was the first woman to be ordained as clergy with the consent of her denomination. Brown was also an articulate advocate for women's rights and one of the few first generation suffragists who were able to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Olympia Brown was born on January 5, 1835 in Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan. Brown was the oldest of four children. Her parents, Lephia and Asa...

Shaw, Annette Jane.

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Whitney, Mary Louise Traffarn.

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St. Lawrence University, 1972-76

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Universalist theological school and liberal arts college chartered by the State of New York in 1856; first classes were held in 1858; Theological School was disbanded in 1965. From the description of Records, 1856-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155501771 ...

Church, Isabel.

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Swain, Reba.

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McCormick, Helen

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Taylor, Marion Young.

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