Edith V. Paschall papers related to Swarthmore College alumni activities, 1933-1961 bulk 1957-1961.

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Edith V. Paschall papers related to Swarthmore College alumni activities, 1933-1961 bulk 1957-1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232362080

The collection contains materials related to Swarthmore College alumni activities. The bulk of the collection is letters and related materials from fellow alumni, including Elizabeth Newlin Baker and Alice Paul, founder of the National Woman's Party (includes some printed materials related to the party and its involvement with the Equal Rights Amendment). There are also lists of members of the class of 1902, communications from Swarthmore's Alumni Office, and copies of the Swarthmore College Bulletin, 1957. A small set of materials pertains to historical records surveys of private manuscript collections, state library and county archives in Pennsylvania, conducted during the 1930s.

.25 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097881

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National Woman's Party

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National Woman’s Party (NWP), formerly (1913–16) Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, American political party that in the early part of the 20th century employed militant methods to fight for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Formed in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, the organization was headed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Its members had been associated with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), but their insistence that woman suffr...

Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...

Paschall, Edith Verlenden, 1881-1961

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Edith Verlenden Paschall (1881-1961) was a Quaker genealogist and historian from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Swarthmore College class of 1902 and served as class secretary near the end of her life. From the description of Edith V. Paschall papers related to Swarthmore College alumni activities, 1933-1961 bulk 1957-1961. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 232362080 ...

Baker, Elizabeth Newlin, approximately 1880-1972

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Elizabeth Newlin Baker was a Pennsylvania Quaker peace activist and graduate of Swarthmore College, Class of 1902. From the description of Papers, 1932-1969. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 67835792 ...

Paul, Alice, 1885-1977

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Quaker, lawyer, and lifelong activist for women's rights, Alice Paul was educated at Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania, where her doctoral dissertation was on the legal status of women in Pennsylvania. She later earned law degrees from Washington College of Law and American University. Paul also studied economics and sociology at the universities of London and Birmingham and worked at a number of British social settlements (1907-1910). While in England she wa...