Anna Laura Clarke account book and receipts, 1836-1842, and 1861.

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Anna Laura Clarke account book and receipts, 1836-1842, and 1861.

Account book, kept by Clarke, of records relating to Genessee Female Institute (location unknown); together with informal receipts, pertaining to Clarke, dated as late as 1861.

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Clarke, Anne L. (Anne Laura), 1787-1861

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Teacher and lecturer, of Northampton, Mass. Opened a school in 1810 in her home on Pleasant Street and presumably taught, in addition to reading, needlework, etc., some advanced ideas such as dress reform and women's right to vote; one of first women in the U.S., to give public lectures and traveled as far as Ohio giving talks on history and travel, illustrated with lantern slides. From the description of Letter from Anne L. Clarke to Elizabeth and Frederick Clarke, ca. 1805-ca. 1830...

Genessee Female Institute

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