women, suffrage

Millicent Fawcett's Hyde Park address1913

7JCC/O/01/177 Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Procession of the religious leagues for women's suffrage, c.1914.

7JCC/O/02/028Photograph, printed, paper, monochrome, line of women in the street wearing sandwich boards, each with the name of a different religious suffrage society, led by a women bring a banner 'Religious L... More

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Hannah Adams autograph letter signed to William Shaw

Story of her life. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Sarah M. Grimke, Brookline, to Hannah C. Fifield, April 4,...

Addressed "Dear sister." Also mentions Henrietta Porter. More about women’s suffrage than slavery, [also about] declining invitation to speak but mentions speaking series at Odeon in Boston. Courtesy of Weymout... More

Letter from Abby Kimber, Kimberton, [Pennsylvania], to George Thompson...

Abby Kimber writes to George Thompson in regards to congratulating him on the woman's right movement in Scotland. She writes, "Our American ladies have been embroidering Harrison Bannery, and have presented the... More

Letter from Abby Kimber, Kimberton, [Pennsylvania], to George Thompson...

Abby Kimber writes to George Thompson in regards to congratulating him on the woman's right movement in Scotland. She writes, "Our American ladies have been embroidering Harrison Bannery, and have presented the... More

Letter from Abby Kimber, Kimberton, [Pennsylvania], to George Thompson...

Abby Kimber writes to George Thompson in regards to congratulating him on the woman's right movement in Scotland. She writes, "Our American ladies have been embroidering Harrison Bannery, and have presented the... More

Letter from Abby Kimber, Kimberton, [Pennsylvania], to George Thompson...

Abby Kimber writes to George Thompson in regards to congratulating him on the woman's right movement in Scotland. She writes, "Our American ladies have been embroidering Harrison Bannery, and have presented the... More

Juliet Creed Pollock autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Telling of her family plans and regretting that she cannot receive some friends of his; inviting him to visit when she is settled in London the next year. Old folder #: 103. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. Old folder #: 92. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. Old folder #: 92. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. Old folder #: 92. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth H...

Wishes she would have known today was his birthday. Old folder #: 95a. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mary Lowell Putnam autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Thanking him for a "most excellent historical work" he had sent. Old folder #: 104. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sarah Freeman Clarke autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Speaking of her remarks on two poets, Ellen and Caroline Sturgis and of Helen Hunt's poems. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sarah Freeman Clarke autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Speaking of her remarks on two poets, Ellen and Caroline Sturgis and of Helen Hunt's poems. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph note signed to [Thomas Wentworth Hig...

Accepting an invitation. Old folder #: 95. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charlotte Cushman signed autograph note, [London]

His request for her signature deserves a much better return than she is now able to now give; she will respond after Thursday. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fanny Kemble autograph note signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], [B...

Wants him to know she will be at the Hall at the usual hour in order to give a reading. Old folder #: 76 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. Old folder #: 92. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph notes signed to [Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Four separate notes: changing the date of an engagement; giving him requested information on Michael Field; thanking him for a letter, etc. Old folder #: 91. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript description of his daughter Una

A description of his daughter, Una, copied by Anna S. Higginson. Old folder #: 70. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Marie Therese (de Solms) Blanc autograph note signed to Thomas Wentwor...

Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Caroline Sturgis Tappan autograph note signed to Sarah, 7 March

Sending the sonnet she wrote upon seeing Shakespeare's death mask; returning Lady Gordon's book with many thanks. Old folder #: 127. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sarah Freeman Clarke autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Speaking of her remarks on two poets, Ellen and Caroline Sturgis and of Helen Hunt's poems. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sarah Freeman Clarke autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Speaking of her remarks on two poets, Ellen and Caroline Sturgis and of Helen Hunt's poems. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. Old folder #: 92. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Miscellany; Drawing

Louise Chandler Moulton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hi...

Saying that she had sent a Browning sonnet, not for an anthology but for his pleasure; arguing with him about a suggested change in the sonnet, etc. Old folder #: 92. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Juliet Creed Pollock autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Telling of her family plans and regretting that she cannot receive some friends of his; inviting him to visit when she is settled in London the next year. Old folder #: 103. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Juliet Creed Pollock autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Telling of her family plans and regretting that she cannot receive some friends of his; inviting him to visit when she is settled in London the next year. Old folder #: 103. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Helen M. Fiske autograph letter signed to Julius A. Palmer, Charlestow...

An opportunity has presented itself for herself and Annie to go into the country to board in Andover. Old folder #: 48-48a Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Co...

Sending him a little vine of farewell. Old folder #: 65. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Co...

Sending him a little vine of farewell. Old folder #: 65. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Co...

Sending him a little vine of farewell. Old folder #: 65. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Una Hawthorne autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Co...

Sending him a little vine of farewell. Old folder #: 65. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford autograph note signed to Thomas We...

Thanking him for sending an article in which he quoted her. Old folder #: 116. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Annie Fields autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Bos...

Acknowledging receipt of a letter. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, New...

Returning a ticket and telling him how glad she was to have gone to the symphony with him. Old folder #: 131. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to Mary ...

James Miller McKim writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to antislavery news. His assistant, William Still, is in Canada while he is in the office in Philadelphia. He writes of providing help for 18 fugitives w... More

Annie Fields autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Bos...

Regretting that a planned visit to Mrs. Higginson had not materialized and giving an invitation to dine. Old folder #: 48-48a. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Celia Thaxter autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson],...

Delighted to have received his letter; praising a poem he wrote. Old folder #: 129. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Terry Cooke autograph note signed 14 December 1858

Affirming that she wrote the story "Ann Potter's Lesson" that was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mary Somerville autograph letter signed to [John?] Murray, Florence, I...

Sending revised pages to Mr. Murray for changes to be made. Old folder #: 112. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Terry Cooke autograph note signed 14 December 1858

Affirming that she wrote the story "Ann Potter's Lesson" that was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mary Somerville autograph letter signed to [John?] Murray, Florence, I...

Sending revised pages to Mr. Murray for changes to be made. Old folder #: 112. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Terry Cooke autograph note signed 14 December 1858

Affirming that she wrote the story "Ann Potter's Lesson" that was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Terry Cooke autograph note signed 14 December 1858

Affirming that she wrote the story "Ann Potter's Lesson" that was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Helen Olcott Choate Bell autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth H...

Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Helen Olcott Choate Bell autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth H...

Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Helen Olcott Choate Bell autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth H...

Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Helen Olcott Choate Bell autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth H...

Declining an invitation and regretting that she has nothing but an autograph of her father. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Helen Olcott Choate Bell autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth H...

Thanking him in her own and sister's name for his sympathetic portrait of her father. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Isabella Stewart Gardner autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...

Thanking him for sending her the name of a story by Bret Harte. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Kate Gannett Wells autograph note signed to Mrs. Talbot, New York

Pleasantly surprised that he invited her to speak at the Club, but she cannot. Old folder #: 142. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Will of Francis Jackson - Public domain document scan

This document is a copy of the last will and testament of Francis Jackson, in which he bequeaths his worldly goods and funds to his family, friends, and colleagues. Of particular note are articles 4 through 6 o... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garri...

Samuel May Jr. writes to William Lloyd Garrison about a letter from Susan B. Anthony of the Woman’s Loyal National League. May thinks her request to publicize the league at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Societ... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garri...

Samuel May Jr. writes to William Lloyd Garrison and asks him to reassure Elizabeth Cady Stanton that the new petition [by the American Anti-Slavery Society?] would not interfere with the existing petition [by W... More

Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, C...

Refusing an invitation to Newport on the score of ill health; telling him of the plan to sell Wayside and asking him to stop there on his way to Brattleboro. Old folder #: 69. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Anne Whitney autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Be...

Telling him her intention in making a statue of a typical negro, explaining her limitations, justifying her result and asking criticism. Old folder #: 145. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Anne Whitney autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Be...

Telling him that a statue of hers had been packed and that when it was again in her studio she would change the nose as he had suggested. Speaking of the outcome of the war and the period of reconstruction. Old... More

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford autograph letter signed to Thomas ...

Thanking him for a letter, evidently in regard to his birthday. Old folder #: 115. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sophia Peabody Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth H...

Thanking him for his note about Dr. Munroe's visit; asking him to write for the Atlantic some of his experience in and on the water at Newport. Old folder #: 64. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford autograph letter signed to Thomas ...

Thanking him for his invitation to join the Authors Club and stating that it is the only society except the Woman Suffrage Association she has ever joined. Old folder #: 117. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sophia Peabody Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Mary [Elizabeth (C...

Letter to Mary about meeting with Dr. Munroe who suggested that Mary would benefit from her company and that Dr. Munroe will go to her any time. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph letter signed to Mrs. Mackay, Concord...

Thanking him for the flowers he brought to her on Saturday and telling him what she did with them. Old folder #: 61. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...

In answer to a letter of his regarding an article in the Commonwealth about General Charles Devens' treatment of the freedmen in South Carolina. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...

In answer to a letter of his regarding an article in the Commonwealth about General Charles Devens' treatment of the freedmen in South Carolina. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Mary Abigail Dodge autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgins...

Disclaiming a relationship to a G. S. Dodge, etc. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...

In answer to a letter of his regarding an article in the Commonwealth about General Charles Devens' treatment of the freedmen in South Carolina. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...

In answer to a letter of his regarding an article in the Commonwealth about General Charles Devens' treatment of the freedmen in South Carolina. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dame Ellen Terry note

Signing her name with pleasure for less than fifty cents; wants to establish a fund for sick children with the sale of her autograph. Old folder #: 128. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dame Ellen Terry note

Signing her name with pleasure for less than fifty cents; wants to establish a fund for sick children with the sale of her autograph. Old folder #: 128. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Viscountess Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell Amberley autograph letter...

Thanking him for his gift of "The Harvard Memorials"; recalling with pleasure the weeks she and Lord Amberley had spent near Boston, etc. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Thanking him for sending her a song. Old folder #: 59. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Thanking him for sending her a song. Old folder #: 59. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Thanking him for sending her a song. Old folder #: 59. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Thanking him for sending her a song. Old folder #: 59. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Lydia Maria Child autograph note signed to Miss Stevenson, Wayland, Ma...

It is her 85th birthday and she has a habit of making donations on birthdays, therefore she enclosed $100. "Copy." Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to [Stephen Symonds] Fo...

Sending a letter from Mr. Foster and saying that she is happy that she is not wanted at any other conventions, since she feels her convention days are over. Old folder #: 121. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentwor...

Regarding contributions to Mrs. Dodge's magazine, and saying that her early training had not been gloomy. Old folder #: 137. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charlotte L. Forten autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higgi...

Enclosed Mrs. Charlie's birthday note. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel May, Jr. writes that he has just read Garrison's article appearing in the Independent on the "scandalous & really inexcusable" statement of "Beecher & Co.", and asserts that he read it with the same plea... More

Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...

Explaining the aims and principles of the editors of "The Revolution" and protesting that the men who helped give the negro the franchise were unwilling to help women. Old folder #: 119. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Notes and extracts from William Lloyd Garrison, [1868?]

Kate Field autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Char...

Thanking him for a copy of Mary Wollstonecraft's "Rights of Women", describing house hunting in Boston, and a lecture by Emerson on art. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Charles King Whipple, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William ...

Charles K. Whipple writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he received "a letter from Mrs. Mary A. Livermore of Chicago" requesting Lucy Stone and Garrison attend a "Western Women's Convention" bein... More

Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Newport, R.I., to William Lloy...

Thomas Wentworth Higginson hopes that William Lloyd Garrison will sign and endorse the call for a convention regarding women's suffrage. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...

Telling him that she would not have attended a certain meeting has she known that matters relating to Lucy Stone were to be discussed; expressing her opinion of the sectarianism of abolitionists. Old folder #: ... More