Alma Lutz collection of English and American women authors, 1801-1863.

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Alma Lutz collection of English and American women authors, 1801-1863.

Manuscript poetry, letters, autographs, engravings, and calling cards of Maria Edgeworth, Caroline L. Herschel, Hannah More, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, and others, including several anonymous authors, 1801-1863 and undated.

0.3 cubic ft. (1 box)

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Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848

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Epithet: sister of Sir W Herschel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00021f Caroline Lucretia Herschel, British astronomer. From the description of Caroline Lucretia Herschel manuscript material : 1 item, 1825 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 426180349 ...

Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

Lutz, Alma, 1890-1973

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Alma Lutz (1890–1973) was an American feminist and activist for equal rights and woman suffrage. She was also the biographer of key women in the women's rights movement. Alma Lutz was born in Jamestown, North Dakota to Mathilde (Bauer) and George Lutz in 1890. She attended the Emma Willard School (class 1908) and then went to Vassar College. At Vassar she was active in the feminist movement and after graduation in 1912 she went back to North Dakota where she continued campaigning for women's ...

Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline, Lady, 1806-1855

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Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849

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Irish novelist and educationist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edgeworth's Town, Ireland, to August Louis, Baron de Staël-Holstein and Achille-Léon-Victor, Duc de Broglie, 1826 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994866 Irish-English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Dominique François Jean Arago, the French scientist, [n.d., paper is watermarked 1818]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742984 ...

More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...