Women's Rights Scrapbooks, ca. 1868-1880

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Summary

Abstract:
The collection contains volumes 1, 3 and 4 of a set of scrapbooks assembled by an unidentified San Francisco area woman, with mounted clippings pertaining to issues such as women's suffrage, property rights, education, marriage and divorce, women in professions such as medicine and law, and women in other cultures.
Extent:
0.6 linear feet (2 pamphlet boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Women's Rights Scrapbooks. Mss 260. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains volumes 1, 3 and 4 of a set of scrapbooks assembled by an unidentified San Francisco area woman, with mounted clippings pertaining to issues such as women's suffrage, property rights, education, marriage and divorce, women in professions such as medicine and law, and women in other cultures. Some clippings are dated but sources generally are not indicated.

Titles of articles include: "Women in Turkey," "Our Women Workers," "Female Suffrage Refused," "Too Much Marrying," "Woman Suffrage in England," "Homes, not Votes," "Lady School Commissioners," "Age for Legal Marriages," "Why Women Should Read," and "Reform in Divorce Law."

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Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2009.
Physical location:
Del Sur.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Women's rights--United States.

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Women's Rights Scrapbooks. Mss 260. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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