Sept. 5, 1857- May 25, 1859
Scope and Contents
413 pages. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; travels; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including membership in the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society; attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; and domestic life and family relationships. Includes several pressed plant specimens.
Subjects: Women--Diaries; Voyages and travels; Women teachers; Women--Education; Women in education; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Rochester Ladies’ Anti-slavery Society; Temperance; Women social reformers; Lectures and lecturing; Foster children
Relevant locations: Rochester (N.Y.); Rush (N.Y. : Town); Lockport (N.Y.); Somerset (N.Y. : Town); Illinois; New York (State)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for research use.
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