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Two pages from The Beacon displaying portraits of teachers at Chelsea High School.
Inscription: Recto: 1921 THE BEACON [See individual photos for additional captions.], Inscription: Recto: [p.] 7 [left to right:] Helen M. Biscoe, English; Freda J. Belcher, Science; Marion J. Breath, History; Josephine R. Burke, Spanish; Margaret A.…
Students, all women, participating in a science and astronomy class at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. They are looking at posters, exhibits, and performing an experiment with a male instructor.
Inscription: Verso: [stamped with photographer's name and address] [See individual photos for additional captions.], Inscription: Recto: [scratched in negative:] 6[obscured by ink]; Caption: This is typical of the exhibits in this strange museum.…
Club members and a young girl looking through microscopes in a science laboratory on board the Doc Edgerton.
Inscription: Caption: Tuesday Club's 110th Anniversary Celebration aboard of "Doc Edgerton" of the Boston Aquarium, courtesy of Ann W. Brewer, May 1994. Those attending: Jay Howland, Helen Fernald, Hattie Belin, Ann Brewer, Anne Cobb, Nancy Coolidge,…
Anna Holman standing outdoors with French boys and a dog, Duc, during Mardi Gras celebrations.
Inscription: Recto: BUZY 1920; Verso: March 8, 1920. Dear Mary. -Home Sunday morning. How are you? Had a wonderful time at Amiens, am very very glad I went, brief of course, but I absorbed quite a little of the Cathedral and it is wonderful. Arrived…
Anna Holman standing outdoors with a group of French school girls. Holman is fourth from the left in the back row.
Inscription: Caption: MAY 1920. LAST MINUTES. THE GIRLS AND MEES AT 11. O/CLOCK RECESS., Not in RLIN. History note from HOLLIS (for MC291): Science teacher (Radcliffe, A.B., 1914; Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.M., 1928), Holman was head…
Nobody loves me; guess I'll be a suffragette
Color illustration of a young girl wearing a dress, who is crying and pulling on a pair of pants.
A squelcher for women's suffrage
Print shows a woman being denied the opportunity to vote because she is wearing a dress and a hat that are too wide for the narrow booths labeled "Ballots Must Be Prepared In These Booths" where the ballots are marked. A policeman is standing on the…
Women are too sentimental for jury duty
Illustration shows a jury of men crying as they present a "Not Guilty" verdict; standing before the jury, a man, also crying, embraces a woman.
Postcard: Origin and development of a suffragette
This color illustration charts the development of a woman from age 15 to age 50, when she becomes a suffragette.
Men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters
Photograph shows men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters; sign in window reads "Headquarters National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage".