In Her Own Right

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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, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, and Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 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.

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Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
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Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by agent Grace Love. Tells White about African American schools in Rome, Georgia, and informs her that a man named Jones who had solicited money in connection to them was probably "an impostor." Asks for more details about a school in Sumter, South Carolina, to help research it. See also mc1166_11_04_17.
Date:
1904-10-17
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses a man named James Kirk, calling him a "chronic beggar" and accusing him of being "a fraud who aims to live upon the kindnesses of charitably inclined people."
Date:
1901-02-18
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Ellen Richmond letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Mary Ellen Richmond letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by charity director Mary Ellen Richmond. Thanks White for making a criticism directly to Richmond.
Date:
1901-02-19
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter fragment to Rebecca White
Title:
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter fragment to Rebecca White
Description:
Responds to inquiries about Mrs. Maggie Fogerty, discussing her and her husband's economic conditions and saying that she had given the Society "a number of statements that have been proven false."
Date:
1901-04-05
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Christian Carl Carstens letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Christian Carl Carstens letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by assistant secretary Christian Carl Carstens. Discusses the case of the Maguire family, whose children had been begging in the street.
Date:
1903-05-11
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Asks for money to offset debts the Society incurred through the relief of the poor. Signed by Abel Smith.
Date:
1894-05-25
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Howard W. Elkinton letter to P. J. Kilcullen
Title:
Howard W. Elkinton letter to P. J. Kilcullen
Description:
Sends $10.00 in rent to Mr. Kilcullen and reports hearing from Mr. Senseman that the house is in good shape.
Date:
1916-09-06
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Joseph Elkinton telegram to Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Joseph Elkinton telegram to Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
Western Union telegram from Joseph Elkinton to his son Howard; addressed "Dear Children, likely referring to Howard and his wife Katharine Wistar Elkinton. Wishes them well as they set sail to serve the distressed." Mentions an upcoming visit with Thomas Crawford.
Date:
1917-06-23
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Alexander Harding letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Title:
Alexander Harding letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Description:
Brief letter from antique furniture dealer Alexander Harding. Informs Elkinton that they have her four Windsor chairs and asks her in what color she would like them stained.
Date:
1916-06-26
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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