Description
The collection chiefly contains
correspondence and papers related to the reform interests of California feminist and
pacifistic Alice Park (1861-1961), particularly women's rights, as well as some materials
concerning Park family matters.
Background
Alice Locke Park (1861-1961), feminist, reformer, and pacifist, was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1861, but lived most of her life in California. She was active in both
national and international organizations for the improvement of prison conditions, labor
laws, human education, wild life conservation, and the preservation of natural resources.
Her primary interest, however, was in women's rights, and she was assistant director of the
Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California. She wrote and promoted the California
law, adopted in 1913, granting women equal rights of guardianship over their children. Park
died in 1961.
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