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1858-1979

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Correspondence, diaries from trips, lecture notes, course materials, 1932-1960, photos, articles, clippings and memorabilia. Included are correspondence between Eliot's grandparents, William and Abigail Adams Cranch Eliot, and Dorothea Dix; Eliot's letters home during study in Oxford, England; material on Eliot's sister, Martha M. Eliot; honorary degrees; and records of organizations in which Abigail Eliot was involved, including the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, the New England Association for Nursery Education, the continuing education committee of the Radcliffe Alumnae Association, and the Association on American Indian Affairs.

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

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Eliot, Martha M. (Martha May), 1891-1978

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Martha May Eliot (April 7, 1891 – February 14, 1978), was a foremost pediatrician and specialist in public health, an assistant director for WHO, and an architect of New Deal and postwar programs for maternal and child health. Her first important research, community studies of rickets in New Haven, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico, explored issues at the heart of social medicine. Together with Edwards A. Park, her research established that public health measures (dietary supplementation with vitamin...

Holman, Anna Eveleth, 1892-1969

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Anna Eveleth Holman graduated from Radcliffe College in 1914. A science teacher, she was an active alumna, and was editor of the Radcliffe Quarterly (1942-1952, 1954-1964). From the description of Papers, 1893-1967 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009408 Science teacher (Radcliffe, A.B., 1914; Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.M., 1928), Holman was head (April 1919-May 1920) of the Radcliffe Unit in France established by the Radcliffe Alumnae ...

Eliot, Abigail Adams, 1892-1992

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Abigail Adams Eliot was born October 9, 1892, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Reverend Christopher Rhodes Eliot (1856-1945) and Mary Jackson (May) Eliot (1859-1926). Her sister, Martha May Eliot (whose papers are in the Schlesinger Library, MC 229), was head of the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor between 1951 and 1956. Her brother, Frederick May Eliot, was head of the Unitarian Association of America starting in 1937 till his death in 1958. ...

Harvard University. Graduate School of Education

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The Harvard University Graduate School of Education was established in 1920. From 1891 to 1920, the study of education at Harvard took place within two different divisions of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Until 1906, education faculty were appointed to the Division of Philosophy. In 1906, a separate Division of Education was established. Paul Henry Hanus held Harvard’s first faculty appointment in the field of education. Hanus was chair of the Division of Education from 1906 to 1912. Henr...

Wheelock College

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Nursery Training School (Boston, Mass.).

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Eliot, Abby Adams Cranch.

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Eliot, William Greenleaf, 1811-1887

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Born August 5, 1811 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, William Greenleaf Eliot (1811-1887) traveled to St. Louis as a missionary in 1834 and became the first Unitarian minister west of the Mississippi. He went on to become one of St. Louis's most influential and respected citizens, working in favor of the Union, emancipation, temperance, and women's rights. Eliot was also the co-founder of Washington University, served as the president of the board of directors from 1854 to 1887, and served as Chanc...

Winsor School.

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Rachael McMillan Nursery School and Training Centre (London, Eng.)

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Pearson, Elizabeth Ware

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Shoals Religious Education Institute.

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Pacific Oaks Friends' School (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Ruggles Street Nursery School and Training Center (Boston, Mass.)

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

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Dix was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill. She investigated the conditions of the hospitalized insane in many U.S. states and some European countries, and petitioned state and national legislatures for reforms. She was also superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War. Eliot was a Unitarian minister, an educator, and assisted in the founding of Reed College in Oregon. From the description of Letters to Thomas Lamb Eliot, 1869-1885. (Harvard University). WorldCat reco...

Eliot, Christopher Rhodes, 1856-1945

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Unitarian minister. A.B. Washington University, St. Louis, 1876; S.T.B. Harvard Divinity School, 1881. Minister at First Parish Church, Dorchester, Mass. (1882-1893); Bulfinch Place Church, Boston (1894-1927); minister at large for the Benevolent Fraternity of Unitarian Churches, Boston (1927-1932). From the description of Papers, 1872-1943 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 269367967 Christopher Rhodes Eliot (1856-1945) graduated...

Tufts University. Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Study.

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May family.

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World Organization for Early Childhood Education.

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Radcliffe College. Alumnae Association

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The Harvard Annex Alumnae Association was established in 1887 and renamed the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association in 1897. It was administered by a president, a board of managers and an executive secretary (who was first appointed in 1920) and included representatives who served on the Board of Trustees of Radcliffe College. Since 1908 the Association has published an alumnae directory and since 1916 The Radcliffe Quarterly. The Association has also been involved in other activities such as fu...

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

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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...

Association on American Indian Affairs

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The Association on American Indian Affairs is a citizens' organization committed to defending the rights and promoting the welfare of Native Americans. The AAIA, initially incorporated as the Eastern Association of Indian Affairs, was founded by non-Indians in New York in 1922. In 1937, the AAIA, then known as the National Association on Indian Affairs, merged with the American Indian Defense Association. It adopted its current name in 1946, and in 1995, now under Indian management, moved to Sis...

Wheelock, Lucy, 1857-1946.

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Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

New England Association for Nursery Education.

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May, Abby W. (Abby Williams), 1829-1888

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Chairman of the New England Women's Auxiliary Association which was a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. The organization provided hygienic and sanitary help not provided by the government during the Civil War. From the description of Copy book, March 22, 1865-March 21, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52751215 Abby W. May was a social reformer living in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Letter of Abby W. May, n....