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Women -- Suffrage

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. Agnes Maude Royden letter to Mrs. Bird

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 16845
Content Description This collection contains one typed letter from Dr. Agnes Maude Royden (1876-1956) to Mrs.Bird. In the letter, she asks after a newborn, discusses the cold weather, her move from Sevenoaks to London, her loss of hearing, and updates on mutual acquaintances. Royden was a British suffragist, preacher, and lecturer who founded the Church League for Women's Suffrage in 1909 and founded the ecumenical Guildhouse in 1921, which became a cultural hub in London for fifteen years.Royden...
Dates: July 6, 1953

Votes for Women printing block

 Collection — Box BW 54, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16793
Content Description The collection contains a printing block measuring 6" x 7.5" x 1" made of wood and metal. The printing block is headlined "Roll of Honor" with a suffrage pennant emblazoned "Votes for Women" below. Underneath the pennant, an inscription reads, "Distinguished people who have declared themselves for woman suffrage." Beneath are columns titled "Statesman," "Preachers," "Men of Letters," and "Educators." These columns list names such as Mark Twain, Plato, and Jack London. Though uncredited, this...
Dates: circa 1909