32 research outputs found

    Household Divinity: A Life Of Catharine Beecher.

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    PhDHistoryUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/188236/2/7004194.pd

    Index to Florence Kelley Correspondence

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    This index was created by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Beverly Wilson Palmer to track over 6000 letters to and from Florence Kelley as they edited "The Selected Letters of Florence Kelley, 1869-1931." The index includes hundreds of correspondents. It lists, when known, the location of the recipient or sender, the date and type of correspondence, and in what repository and collection they can be found. Florence Kelley (1859-1932) was a Cornell alumna who, as head of the National Consumers’ League from 1899 to 1932, led campaigns against child labor, for minimum wage, and other social rights of working people. She also promoted women's suffrage, and the civil rights of African Americans. The daughter of a popular Congressman from Pennsylvania, William D. Kelley, she lived at Jane Addams’ Hull House in the 1890s. Throughout her career, she maintained a regular correspondence with her parents, brothers and three children. Please see the Code Book and Editorial Policies tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet for information on the abbreviations used and the editorial policies employed in its creation.The Kheel Center does not hold the originals referred to in this index. The spreadsheet is provided to the public as a research tool. For access to correspondence mentioned in the index, please contact the holding library. See the key to Repository Codes in the Code Book included in the files below. The index is available in both pdf and excel formats.Florence_Kelley_Correspondence_Index.pdf: 415 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020.0-FlorenceKelleyCorrespondence.xls: 333 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

    Women and Social Movements, International--1840 to Present.

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    Backed by a global editorial board of 130 leading scholars, Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials drawn from more than 300 repositories. Assembled and cross-searchable for the first time, these resources illuminate vast areas of modern history. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, Women and Social Movements, International lets you see how women’s social movements shaped many of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life. To the present, women’s international organizations have focused on issues related to peace, poverty, child labor, literacy, disease prevention, and global inequality. Only by exploring traditions of women’s activism can we reach a full understanding of modern society and history.https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/1308/thumbnail.jp

    Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820

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    Through 75,000 pages of highly curated text-based documents, Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires Since 1820–a supplement to Women and Social Movements, International–explores prominent themes in world history since 1820: conquest, colonization, settlement, resistance, and post-coloniality, as told through women’s voices.https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/1300/thumbnail.jp
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