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Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances Board of Directors resolutions
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances Board of Directors resolutions
Description:
Undated; possibly from 1804-1805. Resolutions by the Association's Board of Directors about policies regarding pensioners.
Date:
1804 - 1805
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances treasurer's report
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances treasurer's report
Description:
Treasurer's report for the Association, detailing the financial assistance provided to women in need as well as the women's living conditions. Written by treasurer Rebecca Trenchard.
Date:
1814
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances treasurer's accounts
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances treasurer's accounts
Description:
Lists the income and expenses of the Association from 1801-11-18 to 1802-04-05.
Date:
1801 - 1802
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment newspaper article
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment newspaper article
Description:
Describes the history and activities of the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor. Includes a long excerpt from the 1816 annual report.
Date:
1914
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances meeting minutes book
Title:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances meeting minutes book
Description:
Record of meeting minutes and annual reports of the Association, with entries from 1829 to February 6, 1854. Includes loose papers and clippings related to the Association.
Date:
1829 - 1854
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor record of services rendered
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor record of services rendered
Description:
Detailed records of services rendered by the Society.
Date:
1828 - 1835
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor treasurer's book
Title:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor treasurer's book
Description:
Account book recording the Society's finances from 1797-11-22 to 1809-02-18. Includes a list of subscribers and corresponding donations.
Date:
1799 - 1809
Collection:
Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Elizabeth H. Sprague letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Elizabeth H. Sprague letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Sprague is ill with the "grippe" and cannot attend the convention in Washington. She agrees with Chapman that Dr. Armstrong should not serve as a delegate to the convention on behalf of her club and suggests another woman to fill the role.
Date:
1891-1907
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary T. Seccomb letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Title:
Mary T. Seccomb letter to Mariana Wright Chapman
Description:
Discusses new tactics of the anti-suffragists. Makes plans for upcoming meetings and conventions. Mentions Grace Kimball of Vassar College, a physician and missionary.
Date:
1880-1907
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Resignation letters to the Aimwell School Association
Title:
Resignation letters to the Aimwell School Association
Description:
Resignation letters to the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children) from members Jane Clark (1856-10-10), Mary Potts (1860-05-11), Mary Fox (1861-12-05), Elizabeth L. Woolman (1863-07-09), and Ruth Leeds (1864-06-10).
Date:
1856 - 1864
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School Association constitution and member list
Title:
Aimwell School Association constitution and member list
Description:
Constitution and member list of the Aimwell School Association (Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children). Constitution written in 1796; member list continues through 1865.
Date:
1796 - 1865
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School articles of association
Title:
Aimwell School articles of association
Description:
Undated. Constitution of the Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children, which later became the Aimwell School Association.
Date:
1796 - 1860
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aimwell School Association constitution
Title:
Aimwell School Association constitution
Description:
Constitution, member list, and by-laws of the Aimwell School Association.
Date:
1859 - 1933
Collection:
Aimwell School records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mariana Wright Chapman journal
Title:
Mariana Wright Chapman journal
Description:
Periodic entries discuss Chapman's activities, including her prison reform and women's suffrage work; participation in various social and political clubs; vacations at "Heronwood, her house in Port Washington, New York; and attendance at the 1896 suffrage convention in Washington and the 1897 convention in Des Moines. Includes a letter to Chapman from her husband Noah.
Date:
1895-04-17 - 1897-04-04
Collection:
Mariana Wright Chapman Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including her father Isaac T. Hopper, Cecilia Combe, and the marriage of a widowed doctor. Comments on the activities of an anti-slavery society, possibly the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and an address given by Elizabeth Stickney. "We have passed a flaming resolution in our Anti Slavery Society.— We mean to be independent and have as many Sable Sisters as will meet with us at Convention." Expresses interest in phrenology and its relationship to Quakerism; repeats George Combe's comments on the differences found between the brains of free African Americans and slaves.
Date:
1839-03-31
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George William Curtis letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George William Curtis letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on Constitutional Convention stationery. George William Curtis was a writer and orator. Received her report and discusses the high regard that the Chairman of the Prison Committee holds for her "society, possibly referencing The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts.
Date:
1867-08-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to her family
Title:
Emily Howland letter to her family
Description:
Addressed to "Folk at home." Discusses attending the Sixth Congress of the Association for the Advancement of Women, where she heard lectures by Maria Mitchell, Anna Callender Brackett, Augusta Cooper Bristol, Kate Newell Doggett, Abby Morton Diaz, and others. Shares her upcoming travel plans and mentions her intention to meet with lawyer Lavinia Goodell.
Date:
1878-10-13
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Isabel Howland letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Isabel Howland letter to Emily Howland
Description:
"Written by Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland. Describes the annual meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Louisville, Kentucky, and lists many of the speakers. Discusses the contention over Anna Howard Shaw's leadership of the organization."
Date:
1911-10-20
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emma J. Woodard letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Emma J. Woodard letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written on the letterhead of Wimodaughsis, a women's club in Washington, D.C. Discusses club business, including recent and upcoming lectures. An enclosed circular lists classes held at the club.
Date:
1891-12-07
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth B. Grannis letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Elizabeth B. Grannis letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Elizabeth B. Grannis was a social activist, suffragist, and president of the National Christian League for the Promotion of Social Purity. Discusses her need for help on the Committee promoting employment for women, asking for Jackson's advice and participation.
Date:
1901-05-06
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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