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Collection: Fifty Women
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Kingsford Letter
Letter from Florence Kingsford to Charles H. St John Hornby accepting the offer of illustrating the copies of Song of Songs.
10296
Classic works by Virgil bound by Katherine Adams, one of the most accomplished English book binders of the early twentieth centuries. She bound this title for Charles H. St. John Hornby, Ashendene Press, and included his coat of arms on the cover.
10201
This copy of the book of Ecclesiastes was bound by Katherine Adams, one of the most accomplished English book binders of the early twentieth centuries. She bound this title for Charles H. St. John Hornby, Ashendene Press, and included his coat of…
BRA0822
Written by Harriett Beecher Stowe after a vision while taking communion, Uncle Tom's Cabin was an immediate success and was a major step forward for race relations and human rights.
ADJ9921
The publishers of the exhibited compilation of biographies of the women of the Bible took the highly unusual step of advertising Stowe's authorship in prominent gilded lettering on the cover of the book - a common practice today in the marketing of…
05908
Collection of short stories similar to parables about highlighting every day with the word of God.
Palmer Letter
Letter from Phoebe Palmer to Reverend Elias Bowen describing a dream in which she fought with an enormous lion that questioned her faith. She discusses criticism from Reverend Hiram Mattison and how her God-given strength will allow her to sustain…
Prothro B-52
Julia Evelina Smith (1792–1886) published her own translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew, making her the first woman to completely translate the Bible.
32715
An account of the trials Julia Smith and her sister, Abby Hadassah Smith endured as a result of refusing to pay taxes in protest to taxation of unenfranchised women. The local authorities controversially seized cows owned by the sisters in reparation…
PS 3114 .V43 Z5
A memoir of Fanny J. Crosby's life and history of her songs and hymns.
BRB1291
A collection of poetry by Fanny Crosby, many of which became hymns. Many of these are still sung today.
BRA2832
America's first secular cantata. Crosby wrote the libretto to music composed for female voices by George F. Root, an instructor at the New York Institution for the Blind who later attained fame for his Civil War songs. The success from this work…
34322
A detailed account of Amanda Berry Smith's life including being born into slavery, pursuing her education, past marriages, and becoming involved in church life.
BRA2834
United States government publication marking the dedication of a statue of Willard in the nation's Capitol Building in 1905.
Willard Letter
A letter from Frances E. Willard to an anonymous recipient thanking them for a monetary gift and suggested that the recipient should visit Dr. Kate Bushnell.
COR E22s 1875
Mary Baker Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, a religious movement based on faith in spiritual healing and the rejection of traditional medical treatments. She formulated the tenets of Christian Science, which she published in her most…
COR E22c 1893
This illustrated Christmas keepsake was published by Mary Baker Eddy in 1893, with lithographs by J. F. Gilman after designs by the author.
BRA2225
Biography about Susan B. Anthony that includes public addresses and letters.
05899
History of women's suffrage with an inscription from Susan B. Anthony to the winner of an essay contest.
27884
Optimism, an Essay expresses the author's outlook as a world citizen with minimal discussion of her own physical abilities. The frontispiece is a photograph of the author in academic cap and gown, taken in the year prior to her graduation from…
HV1624.K4 A15 1905x
Keller's most popular and enduring book was The Story of My Life, edited by John Albert Macy (Anne Sullivan's husband). The first two sentences exemplify the sensitivity and beauty of Keller's writing: "It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write…
Keller Hughes Letter
Letter from Helen Keller to Reverend Hughes asking for aid in supporting Spanish refugees from fascism.
Keller Leete Letter
Letter from Helen Keller to Frederick Deland Leete asking for aid for the Helen Keller Committee on the Deaf-Blind of America.
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