Papers 1884-1892.

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Papers 1884-1892.

The collection consists of material from purchased from the collection of Mrs. Frances Casement, a suffrage leader in Ohio. Includes periodicals and publications of suffrage and women's rights associations in Ohio and nationally. Also included are the constitution, by-laws, and miscellaneous papers of the Ohio Women's Suffrage Association.

.75 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569090

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Casement, Frances Jennings, 1841-1920

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John S. Casement (1829-1909) was born in New York and came to Ohio in 1850 to work as a railroad construction foreman. He met Frances Jennings (1840-1928) while working near Painesville, Ohio, and they were married in 1857. After service in the Civil War, Casement, along with his brother Daniel, obtained a contract to perform tracklaying and grading for the Union Pacific's transcontinental line. The work lasted from 1866 to 1869. John Casement was later involved in a number of other business ven...

Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

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