Papers pertaining to the history of the education of women in Virginia [manuscript], 1910-1914, 1940.

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Papers pertaining to the history of the education of women in Virginia [manuscript], 1910-1914, 1940.

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The collection contains eight student essays on the lack of higher education opportunities for women. All are unsigned and identified only by number. The collection also contains correspondence on the establishement of a co-ordinate college for women at Charlottesville, 1910-1916, encluding letters to or from Edwin A. Alderman, Lucy L. Davis, George B. Keezel, Alice J. Kyle, J. C. Moss, Mary Cooke Branch Munford, Mrs. C. T. Rucker, and Ormond Stone. The collection also contains draft minutes for the Woman's Committee for the Sixth Congressional District, 1914, on the issue of a co-ordinate college for women; lists of newspapers and legislators in the 6th district; a draft of a summary on the actions of the University of Virginia; multiple copies of a flier "A state college for women at the University of Virginia"; and a portion of an article on "The higher education of women in the United States," ca. 1911. Miscellaneous items include the Golden Jubilee Song of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1940; and assorted newsclippings, 1911-1914 on a co-ordinate college.

ca. 25 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7936092

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Co-ordinate College for Women.

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Davis, Lucy Landon Blackfore, 1826-1859,

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Keezell, George B.

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Kyle, Alice J.,

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Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...

Munford, Mary Cooke Branch, 1865-1938

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Munford was director of the Department of Public Welfare in Stamford, Conn., 1935-1940, and then director of Recreation and Personal Service Units with the American Red Cross in Ft. McClellan, Ala. During World War II she served with the Red Cross in England, North Africa, and Italy. In 1946-1947 she was welfare supervisor for UNRAA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) in China. From the description of Papers, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007...

Stone, Ormond, 1847-1933

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Rucker, C. T.,

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Moss, J. C.,

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