Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-123
Overview
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890-1979) was born into an extended Quaker family who lived for generations in Clarke and Loudon counties, Virginia. She moved beyond the Virginia Quaker community to a career in the women's movement, first as a campaigner for women's suffrage (1917-1920), then as an educator and political activist in Virginia (1920-1928) and finally as a research economist for the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor (1928-1956). During her retirement years, Pidgeon became...
Dates:
1769-1979[bulk 1905-1979]
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon Schlesinger Library Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-124
Overview
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890-1979) was born into an extended Quaker family who lived for generations in Clarke and Loudon counties, Virginia. She moved beyond the Virginia Quaker community to a career in the women's movement, first as a campaigner for women's suffrage (1917-1920), then as an educator and political activist in Virginia (1920-1928) and finally as a research economist for the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor (1928-1956). During her retirement years, Pidgeon became...
Dates:
1906-1979
Joseph Solomon Walton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-158
Overview
Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) was a Quaker educator and the second principal (1901-1912) of the George School (Bucks County, Pa.). The collection contains diaries and biographical material, financial and legal papers, correspondence, writings and lectures, and papers related to the George School.
Dates:
1878-1943 [bulk, 1878-1910]
