In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

In Her Own Right is a project executed by members of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL), with funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). This collection contains digitized items from the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and the Swarthmore College Peace Collection that illuminate women's efforts to assert their rights and work for the rights of others in a variety of spheres in the century leading up to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Visit http://inherownright.org to view additional collections from other PACSCL libraries, and visit the full TriCo In Her Own Right collection to see all contributions from Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr special collections.

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New York Female Association Minutes
Title:
New York Female Association Minutes
Description:
Lists the annual members, managers, and officers of the New York Female Association. Contains abstracted meeting minutes and annual reports. Includes some financial records of the Association in account with Catharine Murray.
Date:
1798-1845
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
'Penn Sewing School. 1868-1888. A Retrospect of Twenty Years."
Title:
'Penn Sewing School. 1868-1888. A Retrospect of Twenty Years."
Description:
Outlines the origins and past 20 years of the Penn Sewing School, from the integration of African-American students into the program to the desire for expansion as the Penn Sewing and Household School.
Date:
1888-04-28
Collection:
Penn Sewing School Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. The paper also bears a printed circular from the Rhode Island Radical Peace Society, dated 1867. Lucretia Mott shares various news of family and friends, including her servant Mary Quin's marriage and a visit from Mary Pen, a former servant. She plans to attend Rachel Wilson Moore's wedding.
Date:
1867-04-21
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Description:
The Constitution states that the Association was created by single women residents of Pennsylvania who were looking to help "poor and deserving women." Article 2nd states that all members must be single women but married women may assist in "charitable labors." Article 4th explains that the Association will help poor and deserving women in the county and city of Philadelphia by securing them employment with compensation. The justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania signed it and certified it as lawful, and A.L. Russell, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, signed it stating that it was enrolled in Charter Book Vol. No. 7, pages 371 and 372.
Date:
1849
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Written over a printed circular advertising the annual meeting of the Rosine Association. Lucretia Mott discusses recent news about family and friends. She has recently been visited by L.E. Ricks of Washington, D.C., who is aiding freedmen; Mott discusses Ricks's fundraising and briefly mentions Frances D. Gage.
Date:
1866-07-20
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Description:
Deeds, mortgages, titles, wills, and searches, including the will of Henry C. Cochran.
Date:
1841-1902
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Report of the Penn Sewing School of Philadelphia for 1894-1895
Title:
Report of the Penn Sewing School of Philadelphia for 1894-1895
Description:
Annual report including a list of officers, treasury report, a list of subscribers, and the by-laws of the school.
Date:
1894-1895
Collection:
Penn Sewing School Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 3
Title:
Minutes of the Annual Assoc. for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Book No. 3
Description:
Third book of minutes from the meetings of the Annual Association for Relief of Sick Children in the Summer. Includes discussion of withdrawal of funds from donors, as well as overall business regarding the program.
Date:
1821-1823
Collection:
Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Friends Instruction Association treasurer's account book
Title:
Friends Instruction Association treasurer's account book
Description:
Financial account book for the Friends Instruction Association kept by Dr. Fanny L. Uhler, treasurer of the organization, recording both donations and expenditures. Also contains several loose papers which are mostly receipts for fabrics and sewing supplies.
Date:
1876-1894
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
New York Female Association Treasurer's book
Title:
New York Female Association Treasurer's book
Description:
Details the financial records of the New York Female Association.
Date:
1866-1890
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
New York Female Association Subscription book for Free School
Title:
New York Female Association Subscription book for Free School
Description:
Details the subscribers for the support of a Free School under the care of the New York Female Association and their financial contributions. Includes a partial list of members. The book contains records starting from both the front and the back.
Date:
1803-1842
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott, who recently visited Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord in New York, gives a short account of her trip home and offers news of friends and family. Briefly discusses a meeting of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, which both Abby Kimber and Mary Grew attended. James Miller McKim is considering going to England to advocate for the freedmen. Mott also briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., and Wendell Phillips Garrison, as well as the activities of her grandchildren.
Date:
1866-03-12
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women treasurer's book
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women treasurer's book
Description:
Income and expenses of the Northern Association, including donations and salaries. There is a gap in page numbers due to many pages left blank.
Date:
1905-1926
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
New York Female Association record of contributions
Title:
New York Female Association record of contributions
Description:
Records the receipt of money, usually from the treasurer or the Murray fund. Inserts are glued on top of each other; some writing is obscured.
Date:
1892-1944
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association casebook
Title:
Rosine Association casebook
Description:
Gives biographies of women assisted by the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives. A typical entry discusses the woman's place of birth, her family situation, her life in brief, and her contact with the Association. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Date:
1848-1851
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to H. Collins
Title:
Letter to H. Collins
Description:
Fragment. Discusses the early history of the New York Female Association (circa 1800). Author's name is illegible.
Date:
1857-04-15
Collection:
New York Female Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Description:
Amended constitution. Lists the names (and often addresses) of members, including Lucretia Mott. Outlines duties of president, acting committee, etc. Affirms a desire "to admit none but the deserving poor." Provides a set of rules to be followed by women given work by the Association. Also includes 1867 revisions to the bylaws.
Date:
1844-1928
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Penn Sewing School Report of the Dorcas for 1886 and 1887
Title:
Penn Sewing School Report of the Dorcas for 1886 and 1887
Description:
Written by Elizabeth L. Coale, Manager of the Dorcas. She describes the contents of the "Dorcas Box, " which are the garments donated to the organization and the garments made by the students. Mentions the girls are having issues meeting their deadlines, which forces them to "go without" needed clothes.
Date:
1886-1887
Collection:
Penn Sewing School Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Friends Instruction Association report of funds
Title:
Friends Instruction Association report of funds
Description:
A report of funds paid to individual persons, specifically those used to purchase cloth for garments. Also includes brief correspondence from someone resigning from the organization, as well as an inquiry by the treasurer, Fanny Uhler, as to whether their report is thorough enough for the superintendent.
Date:
1877-1880
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Lucretia Mott tells her daughter to come home soon and informs her she will be forwarding the letter she wrote to Martha.
Date:
1854-01-30
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts

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