Anna Steese Richardson Papers, 1905-1949

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Anna Steese Richardson Papers, 1905-1949

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Scrapbooks containing articles by Richardson concerning women's issues, clipped from newspapers and magazines. Topics include suffrage and women's rights; courtship, marriage, and divorce; etiquette; citizenship and civic affairs; consumerism; politics; child-rearing; changing cultural and social mores; and women's clubs. Two scrapbooks about the theater are included, one of which contains clippings about Big Hearted Herbert, a play co-authored by Richardson. There are also books and pamphlets by Richardson, biographical information, and a small amount of correspondence.

9 linear ft. (9 boxes; oversize materials)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8176198

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Richardson, Anna Steese, 1865-1949

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Anna Steese Richardson was born in Ohio, and raised by her aunts and grandmothers in Philadelphia after the early death of her mother. Around 1883, after acquiring a Normal School diploma, she took a teaching job in Colorado. She married William Richardson, with whom she had three children; they later divorced. Richardson ran their household in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and also reported news for the local daily newspaper. In 1900, Richardson and her family moved to New York where she b...