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Julia Wilbur portrait
Title:
Julia Wilbur portrait
Description:
Portrait of Julia Wilbur, taken by J. H. Kent, photographer, 58 State Street, Rochester, New York.
Date:
1865
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Graceanna Lewis portrait
Title:
Graceanna Lewis portrait
Description:
Photograph of Graceanna Lewis by H. C. Phillips, 1206 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Inscribed to her niece and nephew-in-law Mary Townsend Fussell and Henry Moore Fussell for Christmas 1882.
Date:
1882
Collection:
Friends Historical Library miscellaneous photographs collection, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Schofield family portrait
Title:
Schofield family portrait
Description:
Photograph of the Schofield sisters. Standing, left to right: Martha Schofield, Eliza H. Schofield. Sitting, left to right: Sarah J. Ash, Lydia A. Schofield. A note on the back, addressed to their aunt Jane J. Price by Lydia Schofield, gives the subjects' names and ages as well as when, where, and by whom the picture was taken.
Date:
1888-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Francis Jackson Garrison letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Francis Jackson Garrison letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Francis Jackson Garrison was the son of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Appreciates the photographs Schofield has sent him of her school in return for the portrait he sent of his father. Hopes he will be able to visit her school and discusses the legacy of slavery in regards to the new generation of African Americans. Comments on the Charleston News & Courier's complimentary review of his father's biography.
Date:
1885-12-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Adin Ballou letter to Edward Morris Davis
Title:
Adin Ballou letter to Edward Morris Davis
Description:
Adin Ballous was a pacifist, socialist, and abolitionist. Is sending Davis a copy of his work called "Christian Non-Resistance" as well as an engraved portrait of himself. Thanks Davis for the photograph of Lucretia Mott. Briefly discusses writings by William Lloyd Garrison.
Date:
1881-03-22
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Benson J. Lossing letter to Edward Morris Davis
Title:
Benson J. Lossing letter to Edward Morris Davis
Description:
Benson John Lossing was a prominent historian. Discusses the Nine Partners boarding school which both he and Lucretia Mott attended. Received a letter and signed photograph from Mott a year ago that he offers to copy for Edward Morris Davis. Thanks Davis for the photograph of Mott and mentions owning a photograph of her with Deborah Willets. Recently completed a brief biographical sketch of Mott for a book called "Eminent Americans." Says, I hope to see the day when woman in law and in society, as in Nation and Equity shall be recognized as the peer of man. Our National Constitution makes her a citizen; an unreasoning prejudice keeps her a vassal. A better day is dawning.
Date:
1880-12-29
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Mott Davis notes
Title:
Maria Mott Davis notes
Description:
Notes about Maria Mott Davis' interaction with Mrs. Caldwell concerning a portrait of William Lloyd Garrison. Is sending the notes to an unknown recipient and has also copied them in a letter to her aunt Martha Coffin Wright.
Date:
1840-1875
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Palmer and Jonathan Palmer
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Palmer and Jonathan Palmer
Description:
Gibbons describes her sorrow over the death of her young brother Thomas, who passed away in her arms. Her brother John arranged for an Italian artist to come make a death mask of the child at midnight. She herself made a silhouette of Thomas's face. Her young sister Hannah also passed away. Speaks positively of a young man named James, possibly her future husband James Gibbons.
Date:
1832-02-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan B. Anthony and Mary S. Anthony portrait
Title:
Susan B. Anthony and Mary S. Anthony portrait
Description:
Depicts women's rights activists Susan B. Anthony and Mary S. Anthony. Susan sits in the foreground and Mary stands behind her framed by a window.
Date:
1898
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan B. Anthony portrait
Title:
Susan B. Anthony portrait
Description:
Depicts women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony from the waist up, facing to her right, in front of foliage.
Date:
1894-08
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
W. A. Stone portrait
Title:
W. A. Stone portrait
Description:
Approximately 1862. Shows Stone standing next to a small table with his hand on a chair.
Date:
1862-1872
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Zarouhi Pashajoukian portrait
Title:
Zarouhi Pashajoukian portrait
Description:
Shows Pashajoukian standing in a yard with a book in her hand. The caption on the back suggests the photo was taken at a school of religion.
Date:
1900-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edward Strange portrait
Title:
Edward Strange portrait
Description:
Depicts Edward Strange sitting in a carved wooden chair with a padded seat. Strange was an English protege of Margaret Jones Burleigh and had been confined at Eastern State Penitentiary. He was released because of illness and was sent to Emily Howland's where he died of tuberculosis in 1872.
Date:
1859-1872
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller portrait
Title:
Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller portrait
Description:
Taken by J. E. Hale. Shows women's rights activist Elizabeth Smith Miller seated at a table, her daughter Anne Fitzhugh Miller standing next to her, and a dog lying at their feet.
Date:
1898-06-06
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Gertrude Strange portrait
Title:
Gertrude Strange portrait
Description:
Shows Gertrude Strange, sister of Edward Strange, seated on a chair.
Date:
1856-1862
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
K. Deramoni portrait
Title:
K. Deramoni portrait
Description:
Shows Deramoni standing in Dindigul Boarding School in southern India. A brief sketch of Deramoni's life is written on the back of the photo, along with a discussion of the Kallar caste to which she belonged.
Date:
1886-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Ellen Strange portrait
Title:
Mary Ellen Strange portrait
Description:
Shows Mary Ellen Strange, sister of Edward Strange, standing in profile with her hands resting on a chair and her face turned toward camera.
Date:
1865
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Grew portrait
Title:
Mary Grew portrait
Description:
Shows abolitionist and educator Mary Grew seated in front of ivy, holding a book open on her lap.
Date:
1890
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rachel Brooks Gleason and Silas O. Gleason portrait
Title:
Rachel Brooks Gleason and Silas O. Gleason portrait
Description:
Depicts Drs. Rachel and Silas Gleason, founders of the Gleason Sanitarium.
Date:
1895
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Agnes L. Tierney portrait
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney portrait
Description:
Depicts Agnes Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, and educator.
Date:
1895-04
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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