Earned Not Endowed: What Do La Salle Collections Teach Us About Early Feminism and the Suffrage Movement?
Sara Yorke Stevenson papers
Websites
- In Her Own rightExplore the story of women's activism through documents & images
Women worked for their rights and the rights of others, even before they could vote - African American Reformers The Club MovementIn the 1890s, the growth of the black women’s club movement was spurred on by efforts to end lynching. Ida B. Wells-Barnett denounced lynching in the press. As she traveled the country lecturing about lynching, she also helped to found black women’s clubs
- The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia: Women's Clubs, Catherine MurrayThe woman’s club movement began throughout the United States in the late nineteenth century. Although initially focused on self-improvement, women’s clubs in the Philadelphia region as in the nation quickly extended their goals to include community activism.
Books
One Woman, One Vote by Call Number: JK1896 .O54 1995 3rd FLOORISBN: 0939165260Publication Date: 1995-08-15
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired by Call Number: RA448.5.N4 S65 1995, 3rd FLOOR MEZZANINEISBN: 9780812214499Publication Date: 1995-08-01
- Jenkins, M. T. (1984). The History of the Black Women's Club Movement in AmericaDissertation from Teacher's College, Columbia University
Videos
Wister Family Collections
Art
- Violet Oakley and Edith Emerson: painters, partners, and paragons of art education Sara Davis February 28, 2018: The RosenbachOf Two Minds: Creative Couples in Art & History showcases the creations of romantic couples who inspired, instructed, or even assisted one another in making art or knowledge. In anticipation of Women’s History Month beginning tomorrow, we shine the spotlight on two remarkable women who were artists, partners, and educators in an era when it was unusual for women to hold prominence in the public art sphere.
- Joeckel, J. (2007). Violet Oakley Studio - Women's History Month 2008--A National Register of Historic Places FeatureViolet Oakley Studio located on St. George’s Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is noted for being the studio and living quarters of artist Violet Oakley (1874-1961), as well as fellow female artist Edith Emerson, who was also a painter and muralist
- Kyriakodis, H. (2014). Little Clubs On A Wooden Street. Hidden City Philadelphia.Since the earliest decades of the 20th century, Philadelphians have had an almost obsessive infatuation with Camac Street. And why not? The narrow thoroughfare is known as the “The Little Street of Clubs,” home to the Plastic Club, the Sketch Club and the Franklin Inn Club. And as if that isn’t quaint enough, the 200 block of Camac is also the only street in Philadelphia paved with wooden blocks
Adam Matthew Digital
- Adam Matthew Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowThrough AM Explorer, you can now search millions of pages of primary sources spanning the 15th – 21st centuries. This is the 2018 digital archive.
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Welcome to Gender: Identity and Social Change
Essential primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This expansive collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
