Records, 1888-1940.

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Records, 1888-1940.

The records consist of correspondence, affidavits and articles of incorporation, reports, minutes, speeches and addresses, and printed material relating to the origin, development, and administration of the Woman's Legal Education Society and the Woman's Law Class in their early years. Correspondents include Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken, Mrs. John P. Munn, Professor Issac Franklin Russell, and Mrs. Leonard Weber.

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Arbitration Society of America

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Kempin, Emily.

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Russell, Isaac Franklin, 1857-1931

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MacCracken, Henry Mitchell, 1840-1918

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Henry Mitchell MacCracken, Presbyterian minister and university administrator, was born on September 28, 1840 at Oxford, Ohio. Graduating from Miami University in 1857, he served as a school superintendent and principal before attending Princeton Theological Seminary. After being ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1863, MacCracken held several posts in Ohio. From 1867 to 1869 he traveled in Europe, studying at Berlin and Tubingen, and served as deputy to the Presbyterian assemblies in Edinburgh...

University of the City of New York

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Woman's Legal Education Society.

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New York University. Woman's Law Class.

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The Woman's Legal Education Society was founded by a group of women to promote and facilitate the education of women in law. As a result of their efforts, an agreement was made with the Council of New York University in 1890 whereby the Woman's Law Class was formed and sponsored by the University to offer lectures on law to women. The Class was offered until 1978. From the description of Records, 1888-1940. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 478099942 ...

Munn, Martha Buell.

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Weber, Leonard J., 1942-....

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New York university. School of law

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The School of Law, founded 1835 and revived in 1858, became larger, more competitive, and more professional in the early decades of the 20th century. The admission of women in 1890 and a merger with the Metropolis Law School in 1895 gave the School of Law male and female students, including black male students, and both professional and business curricula for women. From the description of Records, Office of the Dean of the School of Law 1915-1932. (New York University). WorldCat rec...