Papers, 1874-1948 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1874-1948 (inclusive).

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The collection documents Dennett's work in arts and crafts and her activities on behalf of various social and political movements. The bulk of the material dealing with reform chronicles her work on behalf of suffrage, birth control, and peace; other issues and organizations represented include the Twilight Sleep Association, the American Foundation for Homoeopathy, and single tax, proportional representation, international free trade, and civil liberties. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, including letters to Edwin and Lucia (Ames) Mead from distinguished friends, and Dennett's correspondence with Emmanuel Brown, head of the Street Manual Training School, a school for black students in Minter, Ala.; Dennett's writings; notebooks, lectures, clippings re: Dennett's leather work; office files of the Voluntary Parenthood League and the National Birth Control League; material from the "Sex Side of Life" case, including letters to Dennett inquiring about sexual issues and material documenting her obscenity trial; records from other organizations with which she was affiliated; and photographs.

18.25 linear ft.

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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Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947

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Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 – July 25, 1947) was an American women's rights activist, pacifist, homeopathic advocate, and pioneer in the areas of birth control, sex education, and women's suffrage. She co-founded the National Birth Control League in 1915 together with Jessie Ashley and Clara Gruening Stillman. She founded the Voluntary Parenthood League, served in the National American Women's Suffrage Association, co-founded the Twilight Sleep Association, and wrote a famous pamphle...