Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1906-1983 (bulk 1943-1982).

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Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1906-1983 (bulk 1943-1982).

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Papers of Kathryn Stone chiefly pertain to the League of Women Voters including copies of the "Memorandum" and a 1944 isolationist quiz; her candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates from Arlington; Virginia's public schools, the Gray commission and its plan to avoid integration through state tuition grants to private schools; the Greater Washington Research Center; Reston, Va.; and women's rights. The papers also contain correspondence and papers of Anna Lord Strauss and biographical material on Strauss and Lucretia Mott. There is also a copy of a travel journal by Alice Ilchman on Russia, 1987-1988; and several essays by Stone on women's issues. Printed material includes the "Condensed minutes of the victory convention (1869-1920) National American Woman Suffrage Association and first congress League of Woman Voters," 1920; "Some effects of woman suffrage," 1929; reports of and to the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1963; and various reprints and articles.

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