Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-260
Abstract
Mariana Wright Chapman was a prominant New York Quaker suffragist. The collection includes correspondence received while she was active in suffrage activities in New York State, 1893-1900, family letters, particularly between Mariana and her husband, Noah, and the correspondence of the Wrights, the Chapmans, and of her son, A.Wright Chapman. The collection also includes Mariana's journals from 1895-1900, that of Caroline Willets, 1842-1846, and as well as suffrage memorabilia, family...
Dates:
1808-1983 (bulk: 1842-1911)
O. Edward Janney (Oliver Edward) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-072
Abstract
Dr. O. Edward Janney was a prominent Quaker doctor from Baltimore who was active in many of the social reform movements of his time. He worked with the Society for the Suppression of Vice in Baltimore and labored in the causes of temperance, woman suffrage, inter-racial relations, peace, and other reforms. In 1907, Dr. Janney gave up the practice of medicine to devote his energies full time to reform activities. The collection contains correspondence (1874-1945), diary (1914), memoirs,...
Dates:
1874-1945
M. Carey Thomas Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-RG-1DD2
Scope and Contents
M. Carey Thomas was the first Dean and second President—a title she held for twenty-eight years—of Bryn Mawr College. Thomas’s professional and personal lives were both deeply connected to the College, and she is one of the chief architects of the college post-1894, when she began her tenure as President. Even after her retirement, Thomas continued to live on campus in the home she and her life partner Mary Garrett built, The Deanery. Although Thomas was a proponent of women’s education and...
Dates:
1853 - 1940
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Laura Lippincott Pancoast correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-091
Identifier: SFHL-SC-091
Abstract
This collection includes letters received by Laura Lippincott Pancoast regarding the movement for temperance and women's suffrage. Letters refer to Francis B. Willard, and describe in detail the activities and philosophies of J. Ellen Foster. Letters discuss the issue of the WCTU's involvement with party policies. Correspondents include Anna H. Shaw, Anna A. Gordon, and J. Ellen Foster.
Dates:
1888-1917
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- Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry 1
- Charities -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
- Children -- Health and hygiene -- History 1
- College campuses 1
- College presidents 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Maryland -- Baltimore 1
- Quakers -- New Jersey 1
- Sex Instruction for Children -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
- Temperance 1
- Temperance and religion -- Society of Friends 1
- Women -- Suffrage -- New Jersey 1
- Women college students -- Pennsylvania 1
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