Series IX of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1887-1892 (inclusive).

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Series IX of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1887-1892 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of an article on women lawyers and papers of the Equity Club: largely autobiographical letters from women lawyers, and the Equity Club Annual for three years. A corresponding secretary circulated letters among members and compiled a copyrighted Annual. The 1888 Annual includes a report on the founding of the club and its constitution. The two ms. annuals were faded, they have been transcribed so as to be legible on the microfilm.

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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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