Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943 (inclusive).

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Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943 (inclusive).

Correspondence collected by Lutz of leading abolitionists and 19th and early 20th century feminists concerns antislavery and women's rights. Also included is Mary Grew's diary about the World's Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840, and correspondence on the Equal Rights Amendment.

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Lutz, Alma, 1890-1973

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Alma Lutz (1890–1973) was an American feminist and activist for equal rights and woman suffrage. She was also the biographer of key women in the women's rights movement. Alma Lutz was born in Jamestown, North Dakota to Mathilde (Bauer) and George Lutz in 1890. She attended the Emma Willard School (class 1908) and then went to Vassar College. At Vassar she was active in the feminist movement and after graduation in 1912 she went back to North Dakota where she continued campaigning for women's ...

Women's Ministerial Association.

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Authors' Guild of American Women.

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World's Anti-Slavery Convention (1840 : London, England)

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American Anti-Slavery Society

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American Anti-Slavery Society, also known as the AASS (established 1833–disestablished 1870) was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison, and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was a key leader of this society who often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was also a freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society had 1,350 local charters with around 250,000 members....

Connecticut Committee for the Equal Rights Amendment.

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