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Manuscripts
Description
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<p style="text-align:left;">The Lewis collection includes a diverse assortment of materials that document the expanding role and status of women from the early nineteenth century until after women won the right to vote in 1920. Correspondence, conference programs, speeches, position papers, newsletters, sheet music, congressional reports, stock certificates, printed materials, and more present a view of the individuals and organizations that fought for and against political, economic, and social rights for women. <br /><br />The records primarily document the American suffrage movement; but also include material on the suffrage movement in England and several other European countries, as well as a wide range of issues including education, organized labor, social welfare, temperance, voter education, slavery, wartime experiences, and the women’s club movement.</p>
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Advertising cards
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14 x 8 cm.
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Title
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Advertising card : Article by Nora Blatch de Forest in the New York Sunday American. [Circa 1917-1918]
Creator
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American
Subject
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Civil engineering
De Forest, Nora Blatch, 1883-1971
Norris, Jean H.
Women engineers
Women--Suffrage--New York
Description
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Promotes the upcoming issue of the newspaper, the New York American, featuring an article on Nora Blatch de Forest's work as a civil engineer. This was part of a regular series on women written by Jean H. Norris.
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney was the daughter of Harriot Stanton Blatch and the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She studied at Cornell University in New York, where she became the first woman in the United States to earn a degree in civil engineering. She was active in the suffrage movement and became the president of the Women's Political Union in 1915. After women won the right to vote in 1920, she worked toward the Equal Rights Amendment.
Date
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[Circa 1917-1918]
Coverage
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New York
Language
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English
Identifier
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DOCU.1917.30
Engineer
Jean Norris
New York
Nora Blatch DeForest
Nora Stanton Barney