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Women -- Political activity.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Amelia Quinton Stone correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 9266
Abstract

Amelia Quinton Stone (1833-1926) was born in Jamesville, New York. Her correspondence includes several hundred letters both to and from, dating approximalty 1874-1910. The collection also includes associated documents relating to her advocacy for Native American rights and her work as one of the founders of the Women’s National Indian Association.

Dates: 1874 - 1910

Caroline Werner Gannett papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2475
Abstract Papers of Caroline Werner Gannett contain personal, business, and social correspondence, including letters between CWG and her parents, sisters, friends, husband, and children; courtship letters from Frank E. Gannett; correspondence relating to Rochester and Miami Beach country clubs and other social groups in which she was actively involved; letters concerning her work with the Frank E. Gannett Newspaperboy Scholarship Fund, Inc., the American Red Cross (1941-1944), the New York State War...
Dates: 1888-1978.

Charlotte Holmes Crawford papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2235
Scope and content

Includes tapes and transcripts of an interview with Charlotte Crawford conducted by Edith M. Fox in 1966.

Dates: 1908-1966.

Constance Cook papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2881
Abstract

Material relating to Constance Cook's tenure as a New York State Assemblyperson.

Dates: 1940-1984.

Edith Anna Ellis scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 498
Scope and content

Two scrapbooks of correspondence, clippings, and miscellany relating to Edith A. Ellis' activities in the Democratic State Committee, the Democratic Union, New York Federation of Women's Clubs, and other organizations. Included are letters from James A. Farley, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Herbert Lehman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Caroline (Mrs. David) O'Day, and others.

Dates: 1924-1933.

Hyde family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1670
Abstract

Largely correspondence and other papers of Florence Elise Hyde of Ithaca, New York, relating to her literary activities, her support of the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, and her interest in national politics and American foreign policy.

Dates: 1863-1957.

Intersession Program on Women records

 Collection
Identifier: 23-2-1238
Abstract

Transcripts of taped sessions of a conference on "Women Today" sponsored by the New York State College of Human Ecology (then the College of Home Economics), including transcript of a session on "The Black Woman in America"; memoranda; correspondence; schedules; agenda; and summaries and commentary on sessions.

Dates: 1969.

Jane Hedges Todd papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2763
Scope and content Includes correspondence; invitations to political ceremonies and events; radio interviews; news releases; articles; speeches; reports; printed material on legislation; biographical accounts; material about Tarrytown, New York; certificates of election; citations; announcements and autographed programs from testimonial dinners; material concerning the Department of Commerce, the New York State Woman's Council, and the economy; scrapbooks of clippings; pamphlets, slides, photographs, and other...
Dates: 1920-1966.

Katharine St. George papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2443
Abstract

Papers deal almost entirely with Mrs. St. George's service in the U.S. House of Representatives and include correspondence with her constituents.

Dates: 1939 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1964

May Ashmore Thropp Hill papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2781
Scope and content Correspondence, political pamphlets, bills and notes; campaign, legislative and community memorabilia and clippings, 1924-1928, n.d.; letters written by William H. Hill, May Thropp Hill's husband; photographs and certificates. Also includes Hill's senior scrapbook of the State Model School, Trenton, New Jersey, 1916; Cornell memorabilia; passports, 1956, 1961; certificate of appointment to the New Jersey Bar; petition nominating candidate for public office; and budget messages from the New...
Dates: [ca. 1916]-1964; -1920-1929 (bulk)