The correspondence of Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1817-1864) documents her work as a spy for the Confederacy. The correspondence of Sarah Thompson (1838-1909) contains testimonials of Thompson's services to the Federal government and her subsequent...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Women; Women spies
United States -- Tennessee; United States -- Washington, D.C.
Ellen Call Long's diary notes the progress and conclusion of the Civil War, and the assassination of Lincoln. Long's correspondence documents her experience as a member of Confederate memorial associations and women's organizations; correspondence...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Societies and clubs; Women authors;
Highlights include correspondence with Lydia Maria Child and Amy Post; Jacobs' appeal for aid for the Savannah Freedmen's Orphan Asylum; and "Advertisement for the capture of Harriet Jacobs. American Beacon, Norfolk Virginia, July 4, 1835.
African American women authors; Women slaves; Women social reformers
Transcripts of oral history interviews with Juana Alicia, Judith Baca, Barbara Carrasco, Elsa Flores, Judithe Hernandez, Luchita Hurtado, Carmen Lomas Garza, Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Sylvia Orozco, Regina Vater, and Liliana Wilson. This collection...
Transcriptions of diaries, letters, and other documents about life and events in New England from the 1790s to the 1850s. Highlights include a prenuptial agreement from 1835, correspondence concerning work in textile mills, and the courtship...
Courtship; Employment; Marriage; Social life and customs; Women
Includes Sarah Wait's journal (1815-1817) and correspondence, 1822-1831. In one letter (May 16, 1831), Sarah informed her husband about the death of their young son.
Highlights include Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell's diary covering the Ohio homefront during the Civil War; librarian
Nettie E. Wheeler's diary from 1870; Margaret Boyd, the first woman enrolled in Ohio University, kept this diary in 1873 and...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Education; Societies and clubs; Teachers; Temperance; Women college students; Women -- Suffrage
Sisters Sue McBeth (1830-1893) and Kate McBeth (1833-1915) were missionary teachers to the Nez Percé in North-central Idaho during the last quarter of the 19th century. In addition to documenting their interactions with the Nez Percé tribe and...
Indians of North America; Religion; Sisters; Women missionaries; Women teachers
Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1817-1864) was a socialite in Washington, DC, and a Confederate spy. This collection includes the correspondence (175 documents) that the U.S. Intelligence Service seized from Greenhow's home in August 1861. Highlights...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Women spies
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Anna and Laura Tirocchi managed A. & L. Tirocchi Gowns in Providence, Rhode Island from 1915 until 1947. The collection includes approximately 200 items of correspondence from clients, employees, and personal friends of Anna Tirocchi; records of...
Businesswomen; Dressmakers; Employment; Fashion design; Immigrants; Italian American women; Sisters; Women consumers
Hightlights include oral history interviews with Ruth James, lead litigant in the court cases initiated to reopen Norfolk's schools, and Vivian Carter Mason, a founder of the Women's Council for Interracial Cooperation; records from the Women's...
African American women; Civil rights movements; School integration; Societies and clubs; Women teachers
Mildred Wirt Benson (1905-2002) was the original author of the Nancy Drew mystery series. This digitial collection includes more than 250 items (e.g., correspondence, cover gallery, photographs] that document the career of this prolific writer.
This collection includes letters to Ada James (1876-1952), and documents the grass roots efforts that led to the passage of women's suffrage in Wisconsin and at the national level.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), born and educated in Germany, arrived in New York in 1941. This collection includes correspondence and other documents concerning the trial of Adolf Eichmann; drafts of books (e.g., Between Past and Future); essays and...
Women authors; Women college teachers; Women political scientists
United States -- California; United States -- New York (State) -- New York
The Massachusetts Historical Society uses this site to showcase artifacts, manuscripts, photographs, and other items. Highlights include letters written by Margaret Fuller (1836), Elizabeth Peabody (1838), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852), and Eleanor...
Highlights from this collection include the Septima Poinsette Clark Scrapbook, correspondence and memorabilia from the Pierrine Smith Byrd Collection, and
MUSC College of Nursing Class Photos.
Nursing -- Study and teaching; Women college graduates; Women college students
Mary Fanton Roberts (1864-1956) had a long career that included editing positions at Demorest Magazine, New Idea Woman's Magazine, The Craftsman, The Touchstone Magazine, Decorative Arts magazine, and Arts and Decoration. The bulk of this...
